Bill Beck

Bill Beck
Sport(s) Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1900-01-03)January 3, 1900
Everett, Massachusetts
Died March 5, 1965(1965-03-05) (aged 65)
Burlington, Vermont
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941, 1946–1949 Rhode Island football
1954-1959 Rhode Island baseball
Head coaching record
Overall 12–22–2 (football)
40-56-1 (baseball)

William M. H. "Bill" Beck[1] was the head coach of the Rhode Island Rams football team in 1941 and then again from 1946 through 1949. He compiled a 12–22–2 record.[2]

Beck also coached the Rhode Island baseball program from 1954–1959. As head baseball coach, Beck's overall record was 40-56-1.[3] In 1966, the school honored Beck by naming its newly constructed baseball stadium Bill Beck Field.[4]

He died after sustaining injuries in a skiing accident in 1965.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Rank#
Rhode Island Rams (Independent / Yankee) (1941–1941, 1946–1949)
1941 Rhode Island 5–2–1
1946 Rhode Island 2–4
1947 Rhode Island 3–4 1–3 4th
1948 Rhode Island 2–4–1 1–3 4th
1949 Rhode Island 0–8 0–4 4th
Total: 12–22–2
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title
Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.
#Rankings from final Coaches Poll.

Baseball

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Rhode Island (Yankee Conference) (1954–1959)
1954 Rhode Island 4-12
1955 Rhode Island 10-8
1956 Rhode Island 10-7
1957 Rhode Island 7-9-1
1958 Rhode Island 7-9
1959 Rhode Island 2-11
Total: 40-56-1

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

[3]

References

  1. Biography at GoRhody.com
  2. College Football Data Warehouse Bill Beck records
  3. 1 2 "2005 Rhode Island Rams Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Rhode Island Sports Information. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  4. Go Rhody Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Rhode Island Rams Sports website
  5. "William Beck, Was URI Coach", Newport Daily News, Saturday, March 06, 1965, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Of America


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