Ken Beck

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1940–2025)}}

{{For|the American football player|Ken Beck (American football)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ken Beck

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|8|4|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|6|1940|8|4|df=y}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Stawell (WFL)

| height = 200 cm

| weight = 89 kg

| position =

| statsend =

| years1 = 1962–1972

| club1 = Hawthorn

| games_goals1 = 143 (23)

| years2 = 1973–1974

| club2 = Dandenong

| games_goals2 = 17 (1)

| years3 = 1975, 1976-1977

| club3 = Oakleigh

| games_goals3 = 23 (8)

| years4 = 1975

| club4 = Prahran

| games_goals4 = 1 (1)

| games_goalstotal= 184 (33)

| careerhighlights =

• VFL premiership player: 1971

}}

Ken Beck (4 August 1940 – 6 April 2025) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn FC in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally from Stawell FC, Beck was a tall ruckman and made his league debut in 1962. He was a regular member of the team during the 1960s and was a reserve in their 1971 premiership side.

1972 was Beck’s last season and he was elected captain of the Reserves. His last game was the VFL Reserves Grand Final in which his side won the Premiership.