Lester Belding

Lester Belding
Belding in 1923
Belding in 1923
Biographical details
Born(1900-12-05)December 5, 1900
Mason City, Iowa, U.S.
DiedMay 26, 1965(1965-05-26) (aged 64)
Naperville, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1919–1921Iowa
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1927North Carolina (freshmen)
1934–1942Dakota Wesleyan
1945North Central (IL)
Basketball
1934–1943Dakota Wesleyan
1944–1945Dakota Wesleyan
1946–1948North Central (IL)
Track and field
1945–1965North Central (IL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1945Dakota Wesleyan
1945–1965North Central (IL)
Head coaching record
Overall27–39–2 (college football)
162–63 (college basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
1 SDIC (1936)

Basketball
3 SDIC regular season (1939–1940, 1943)
Awards
Consensus All-American (1919)
3× All-Big Ten (1919, 1920, 1921)
University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame

Lester Cort Belding (December 5, 1900 – May 27, 1965) was an American athlete and coach in football, basketball, and track and field.[1] He was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named a consensus All-American. He was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.

  1. ^ "Lester Belding, former Iowa All-America, dies". Globe-Gazette. Mason City, Iowa. May 28, 1965. p. 3. Retrieved April 24, 2019 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.