Biographical details | |
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Born | Mason City, Iowa, U.S. | December 5, 1900
Died | May 26, 1965 Naperville, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 64)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1919–1921 | Iowa |
Position(s) | End |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1927 | North Carolina (freshmen) |
1934–1942 | Dakota Wesleyan |
1945 | North Central (IL) |
Basketball | |
1934–1943 | Dakota Wesleyan |
1944–1945 | Dakota Wesleyan |
1946–1948 | North Central (IL) |
Track and field | |
1945–1965 | North Central (IL) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1934–1945 | Dakota Wesleyan |
1945–1965 | North Central (IL) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 27–39–2 (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.