Ben Ticknor

Ben Ticknor
Ben Ticknor, 1930 Harvard Official Team Photograph
Harvard Crimson – No. 55
Position Center
Class 1931
Career history
College Harvard (1928–1930)
High school Milton Academy
Personal information
Born: January 9, 1909
Canton, Massachusetts
Died: September 12, 1979
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).

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=20017
  2. ↑ "Class of '31 Finishes College in Building Era".
  3. ↑ "Harvard Football".
  4. ↑ "Horween Stays at Harvard". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. December 3, 1929.


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