:Ben Apuna

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ben Apuna

| number = 62, 74, 50

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|06|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 222

| high_school = Waipahu
(Waipahu, Hawaii, U.S.)

| college = Arizona State

| draftyear = 1980

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 171

| pastteams =

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1980}})
• New York Giants (1980)
• Arizona Wranglers ({{USFL Year|1983}})
• Washington Federals ({{USFL Year|1984}})

| statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue1 = 1

| pfr = ApunBe20

}}

Benjamin Calvin Apuna (born June 26, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) and United States Football League (USFL). Apuna was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and played college football for Arizona State. He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the seventh round of the 1980 NFL draft and played with the New York Giants for one season in 1980. He also played for the Arizona Wranglers in 1983 and Washington Federals in 1984.Ronald J. Waicukauski Law & Amateur Sports 1982- Page 176 "Ben Apuna, a former linebacker at Arizona State University, has filed a lawsuit against his academic adviser and other officials of the university for fraud, negligence, and interference with contract because of circumstances arising from the ..."California lawyer – Volume 4 – Page viii State Bar of California – 1984 "As a result of a 1979 academic scandal, former Arizona State University linebacker Ben Apuna is seeking $2.4 million in damages from his one-time academic adviser and other university officials, alleging they are guilty of fraud, negligence ..." In 1981, Apuna filed a lawsuit for $2 million against Arizona State University, claiming that the university signed him up for an extension course that he did not attend.{{ cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/06/sports/sports-people-apuna-sues-school.html | title = SPORTS PEOPLE; Apuna Sues School | work = The New York Times | date = November 6, 1981 | accessdate = December 5, 2015 }}