Al Benecick

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1937–2015)}}

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|name=Al Benecick

|image=Al Benecick.jpeg

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|birth_date={{birth date|1937|3|20}}

|birth_place= Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2015|9|29|1937|3|20}}

|death_place=Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.

|Height_ft=6

|Height_in=1

|Weight_lbs=240

|position1=Offensive lineman

|College=Syracuse

|NFLDraftedYear=1959

|NFLDraftedRound=6

|NFLDraftedPick=62

|NFLDraftedTeam=Philadelphia Eagles

|career_highlights=

• Grey Cup champion (1966)

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|coaching_years1={{CFL Year|1970}}–{{CFL Year|1971}}

|coaching_team1=Edmonton Eskimos (Line Coach)

|playing_years1={{CFL Year|1959}}–{{CFL Year|1968}}

|playing_team1=Saskatchewan Roughriders

|playing_years2={{CFL Year|1969}}

|playing_team2=Edmonton Eskimos

|CFLAllStar={{CFL Year|1964}}, {{CFL Year|1965}}, {{CFL Year|1966}}

|CFLWestAllStar={{CFL Year|1963}}–{{CFL Year|1966}}

|CFHOF=al-benecick

|CFHOFYear=1996

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Al Benecick (March 20, 1937 – September 29, 2015) was an American professional football offensive lineman who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1959 to 1968.[http://www.cfhof.ca/members/al-benecick/ Canadian Football Hall of Fame - Al Benecick] He was part of the Grey Cup championship-winning Roughriders in 1966. Benecick retired as a member of the Edmonton Eskimos in 1969.

During Benecick's time as a member of the Roughriders, he was named to the CFL's Western All-Star team four times.

Benecick was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1996. He died on September 29, 2015.{{Cite web |url=http://www.therecord.com/sports-story/5938560-former-riders-lineman-benecick-dies-at-78/ |title=Your online newspaper for Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and area |access-date=2015-10-01 |archive-date=2015-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002044837/http://www.therecord.com/sports-story/5938560-former-riders-lineman-benecick-dies-at-78/ |url-status=dead }}