Benjamin James (American football)

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Benjamin James
Biographical details

Born	(1912-08-10)August 10, 1912 Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 4, 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 102) Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
c. 1930	Dickinson

Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?–1940	Plymouth HS (PA)
1941	Dickinson (assistant)
1942	Dickinson

Head coaching record
Overall	1–5 (college)

Benjamin D. James (August 10, 1912 – July 4, 2015) was an American athletics coach, educator, and college administrator. He served as the head football coach at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1942, compiling a record of 1–5.

Biography

James was born on August 10, 1912, in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. He entered Dickinson College in 1930 on an academic scholarship and participated in football, basketball, baseball, and track. In football, he played as a center in the 1931 team that upset Penn State.

References

Centennial Conference Archived October 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine "2008 Centennial Conference Football Prospectus"
Dickinson College Coaching Records Archived May 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
"A Most Uncommon Man; 'Mr. Dickinson Ben James '34 Remembered for Life Filled with Achievement and Dedication to College". Dickinson College. July 7, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2017.

v t e Dickinson Red Devils head football coaches
No coach (1885–1895) Nathan Stauffer (1896–1899) Sam Boyle (1900) Ralph Hutchinson (1901) Charles P. Hutchins (1902–1903) Forrest Craver (1904) J. William Williams (1905–1906) Joseph Pipal (1907) Paul J. Davis (1908) Paul G. Smith (1909) J. Troutman Gougler (1910) Thomas Crooks (1910) Simon F. Pauxtis (1911–1912) S. W. Harrington (1913–1914) Francis Dunn (1915) No team (1916) Francis Dunn (1917) Forrest Craver (1918–1921) Glenn Killinger (1922) B. Russell Murphy (1923) Joseph Lightner (1923–1925) S. Marsh Johnson (1926) Robert Duffy (1927–1928) Percy W. Griffiths (1929–1930) Joseph H. McCormick (1931–1934) Art Kahler (1935–1941) Benjamin James (1942) No team (1943–1945) Ralph Ricker (1946–1949) Frank Maze (1950–1951) Alured Ransom (1952–1954) Brinton Piez (1955–1956) Donald Seibert (1957–1963) W. J. Gobrecht (1965–1979) Ray Erney (1980–1983) W. J. Gobrecht # (1984) Ed Sweeney (1985–1992) Darwin Breaux (1993–2016) Brad Fordyce (2017–2019) No team (2020) Brad Fordyce (2021– ) # denotes interim head coach

Dickinson Red Devils head football coaches

No coach (1885–1895)
Nathan Stauffer (1896–1899)
Sam Boyle (1900)
Ralph Hutchinson (1901)
Charles P. Hutchins (1902–1903)
Forrest Craver (1904)
J. William Williams (1905–1906)
Joseph Pipal (1907)
Paul J. Davis (1908)
Paul G. Smith (1909)
J. Troutman Gougler (1910)
Thomas Crooks (1910)
Simon F. Pauxtis (1911–1912)
S. W. Harrington (1913–1914)
Francis Dunn (1915)
No team (1916)
Francis Dunn (1917)
Forrest Craver (1918–1921)
Glenn Killinger (1922)
B. Russell Murphy (1923)
Joseph Lightner (1923–1925)
S. Marsh Johnson (1926)
Robert Duffy (1927–1928)
Percy W. Griffiths (1929–1930)
Joseph H. McCormick (1931–1934)
Art Kahler (1935–1941)
Benjamin James (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Ralph Ricker (1946–1949)
Frank Maze (1950–1951)
Alured Ransom (1952–1954)
Brinton Piez (1955–1956)
Donald Seibert (1957–1963)
W. J. Gobrecht (1965–1979)
Ray Erney (1980–1983)
W. J. Gobrecht # (1984)
Ed Sweeney (1985–1992)
Darwin Breaux (1993–2016)
Brad Fordyce (2017–2019)
No team (2020)
Brad Fordyce (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach

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