Ben Ticknor

Ben Ticknor

Ben Ticknor, 1930 Harvard Official Team Photograph
Harvard Crimson No. 55
Position Center
Class 1931
Career history
College Harvard (19281930)
High school Milton Academy
Personal information
Date of birth January 9, 1909
Place of birth Canton, Massachusetts
Date of death September 12, 1979
Place of death Peterborough, New Hampshire
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-American (1929, 1930)

Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American football player. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Ticknor was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense.[1][2] He was captain of the 1930 team.[3][4] Harvard did not see its success of old during Ticknor's era, but he relished the beatings of rival Yale.[1]

Ben Ticknor was the son of William Davis Ticknor, Sr. (1881–1938) and Ella Frances Wattles (1880 –1963). Thus his grandfather was another Benjamin Holt Ticknor and his great-grandfather another William Davis Ticknor (of Ticknor and Fields).

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