:Byron Beams

{{Short description|American football player (1935–1992)}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Byron Beams

| image =

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| number = 72, 78

| position = Offensive tackle
Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|09|8}}

| birth_place = Konawa, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|11|14|1929|09|8}}

| death_place = Brown County, Wisconsin, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 248

| high_school = Ada
(Ada, Oklahoma)

| college = Notre Dame

| draftyear = 1957

| draftround = 20

| draftpick = 232

| expansiondraftyear = 1961

| expansiondraftround = 1

| expansiondraftpick = 3

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1959|1960}})
• Houston Oilers (1961)

| highlights =

• AFL champion (1961)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 17

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 2

| pfr = B/BeamBy20

}}

Byron Donnell Beams (September 8, 1935 – November 14, 1992) was an American football offensive tackle and defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Beams was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 20th round of the 1957 NFL draft. He played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1959 to 1960, and in the AFL for the Houston Oilers in 1961.