Ken Beck (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1935–2006)}}

{{For|the Australian rules footballer|Ken Beck}}

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{{Infobox CFL biography

|name=Kenneth Lee "Ken" Beck

|image=Football_player_Ken_Beck_of_LA.gif

|caption=Beck as a Texas Aggie

|birth_date={{birth date|1935|9|3}}

|birth_place=Minden, Louisiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2006|3|5|1935|9|3}}

|death_place=Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.

|Position=Defensive tackle

|College=Texas A&M

|NFLDraftedYear=1959

|NFLDraftedRound=4

|NFLDraftedPick=38
(by the Chicago Cardinals)

|playing_years1=1959–1960

|playing_team1=Green Bay Packers

|career_highlights =

• Second-team All-SWC (1958)

}}

Kenneth Lee Beck (September 3, 1935 – March 5, 2006),{{cite web|date=|title=Kenneth Beck|url=http://www.mindenmemories.org/Kenneth%20Beck.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204060619/http://www.mindenmemories.org/Kenneth%20Beck.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 4, 2012|access-date=2012-03-04|publisher=Mindenmemories.org}} was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/kenbeck/2509271/profile|title=Ken Beck|publisher=National Football League|access-date=2011-08-08}} Beck played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BeckKe20.htm|title=Ken Beck|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=2011-08-08}} He was a member of the Western Division Champion Packers in 1960. Beck was chosen by the Minnesota Vikings in the 1961 Expansion Draft, but was released by team at the end of training camp.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9o2_k8zu4QC&q=Ken+Beck++Vikings&pg=PA375 |title=Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players Who Wore Them - John Maxymuk - Google Books |isbn=9781879483903 |access-date=2012-03-04|last1=Maxymuk |first1=John |year=2003 }} He played for the Canadian Football League Toronto Argos from 1961 to 1962 under Coach Lou Agassi. Beck was one of only two men to have played for both Bear Bryant and Vince Lombardi.[http://cms.cfl.mrx.ca:81/uploads/assets//TOR/History/All_Time_roster.pdf All Time Roster - Argonauts Alumni Association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306180332/http://cms.cfl.mrx.ca:81/uploads/assets/TOR/History/All_Time_roster.pdf |date=2009-03-06 }}