| Born: | 1929 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Died: | December 9, 1956 (aged 27) Mount Slesse, British Columbia, Canada |
| Career information | |
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | C, TE |
| College | Indiana University |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1952–1956 | Saskatchewan Roughriders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star | 1956 |
| Retired #s | 40 (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
Melvin Howard Becket, (1929 – December 9, 1956) was an American college football and professional Canadian football player, and was one of 62 people who died on Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, on December 9, 1956.[1]
Becket played his entire four-year professional football career as a tight end and center for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, and his No. 40 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club.