Sport(s) Football, baseball 1911 Army 1896 Cornell | Position(s) End 1893–1896 Cornell Name Joseph Beacham | |
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Born April 8, 1874
Brooklyn, New York ( 1874-04-08 ) Died July 28, 1958(1958-07-28) (aged 84)
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington, D.C. | ||
Joseph William Beacham (April 8, 1874 – July 28, 1958) was an American football player, coach and retired United States Army brigadier general.
He served as the head football coach at Cornell University in 1896 and at the United States Military Academy in 1911, compiling a career college football record of 11–4–2.
Biography
He was born on April 8, 1874.
Beacham graduated from Cornell University in 1897. A brigadier general in the U.S. Army, Beacham was Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Cornell from 1927 to 1932.
Beacham died at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, D.C. on July 28, 1958. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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