Biographical details | |
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Born | November 15, 1918 |
Died | October 31, 2016 West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 97)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1940–1941 | Trinity (CT) |
Baseball | |
1942 | Hartford Bees |
1946 | Hartford Chiefs |
Position(s) | Shortstop (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946–1948 | Trinity (CT) (assistant) |
1949–1950 | Whitman (assistant) |
1951–1954 | Whitman |
Baseball | |
1950–1955 | Whitman |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 14–18–1 (football) |
Joseph B. Beidler (November 15, 1918 – October 31, 2016) was a minor league baseball player and collegiate American football and baseball coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington from 1951 to 1954.[2] Prior to arriving at Whitman, Beidler served as an assistant football coach at his alma mater,[3] Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut from 1946 to 1948.