Ben Wilson (American football coach)
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Biographical details | |
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Born | Cadiz, Ohio |
January 15, 1926
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. near Silver Plume, Colorado |
Playing career | |
1945–1948 | Heidelberg |
Position(s) | Center, linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1950 | Heidelberg (freshmen) |
1965–1968 | Virginia (OC) |
1969–1970 | Wichita State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–11 (college) 95–32–5 (high school) |
Statistics |
Ben Wilson (January 15, 1926 – October 2, 1970) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wichita State University from 1969 until three games into the 1970 seasons when he was killed in a plane crash.
On October 2, 1970, Wilson and his wife, Helen, were killed along with 14 players on the team and several others during the Wichita State University football team plane crash en route to a game at Utah State University.[1] The remaining team members completed the season under assistant coach Bob Seaman.[2]
Head coaching record
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Wichita State Shockers (Missouri Valley Conference) (1969–1970) | |||||||||
1969 | Wichita State | 2–8 | 1–3 | 5th | |||||
1970 | Wichita State | 0–3 | 0–0 | ||||||
Wichita State: | 2–11 | 1–3 | |||||||
Total: | 2–11 |
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