Forrest Behm
{{Short description|American football player (1919–2015)}}
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|birth_date={{Birth date|1919|7|31}}
|birth_place=Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|2015|6|29|1919|7|31}}
|death_place=Corning, New York, U.S.
|Position=Tackle
|College=University of Nebraska
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- First-team All-American (1940)
- First-team All-Big Six (1940)
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Forrest Edwin Behm (July 31, 1919 – June 29, 2015) was an American football player. He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.{{cite news|title=Forrest Behm|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/the-leader/obituary.aspx?DB_OEM_ID=100&n=forrest-behm&pid=175201230|accessdate=2 July 2015}} In 1992, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nebraska.{{Cite web |title=University of Nebraska Honorary Degrees, 1872 - 2020 |url=https://nebraska.edu/-/media/projects/unca/docs/board-of-regents/awards-and-recognition/honorary-degrees/honorary-degrees-alphabetical-2020.pdf |access-date=June 3, 2024}}
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1563}}
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Category:American football tackles
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Players of American football from Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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