Ben Cregor

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1898–1968)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|1|31}}

| birth_place = Springfield, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{dda|1968|2|20|1898|1|31}}

| player_team1 = Centre

| player_years1 = 1918–1922

| player_positions = Guard, tackle

| coach_team1 = Louisville

| coach_years1 = 1933–1935

| awards = All-Southern (1921)

}}

Benjamin Woodbury Cregor (January 31, 1898 - February 20, 1968) was a college football player and coach.

Early life

Benjamin Woodbury Cregor was born on January 31, 1898.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tyTPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Benjamin+Woodbury+Cregor,+22+B.S.,+Springfield,+Ky%22|title=The Beta Theta Pi|date=1921|pages=778|language=en}}"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917–1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7Z36-W32M : 25 October 2019), Benjamin Woodbury Cregor, 12 Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers. He served in the U. S. Army during World War I.

Playing career

Cregor was a prominent guard and tackle for the Centre Praying Colonels from 1918 to 1922,{{cite book|title=Young Men|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KjPmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA417|year=1919|pages=417–}} one of its "Seven Mustangs" on the line.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19431125&id=dQcwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1GkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2890,4501481&hl=en|title=Sarazen Loses Squire Title Sells Property|author=Whitney Martin|date=November 25, 1943|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}} He was selected All-Southern in 1921,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1983593/the_atlanta_constitution/|title=Scribes Are Finding Material Plentiful For All-Star Machines|date=November 29, 1921|page=12|accessdate=March 13, 2015|work=Atlanta Constitution|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} the same year Centre beat Harvard.

Coaching career

Cregor coached the Louisville Cardinals football team from 1933 to 1935.{{cite book|title=The Blue Book of College Athletics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3pYAAAAYAAJ|year=1936|publisher=F. Turbyville}}