American football and baseball player and coach (1897–1978)
Joe Bedenk
Bedenk pictured in The Campanile 1926, Rice yearbook
Biographical details
Born
July 14, 1897
Died
May 2, 1978(1978-05-02) (aged 80) State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1921–1923
Penn State
Baseball
1922–1923
Penn State
Position(s)
Guard (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1926
Rice (assistant)
1927–1928
Florida (line)
1929–1948
Penn State (assistant)
1949
Penn State
1950–1951
Penn State (assistant)
Baseball
1925–1926
Rice
1931–1962
Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall
5–4 (football) 391–171–3 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
First-team All-American (1923)
Second-team All-American (1921)
Third-team All-American (1922)
Fred Joseph Bedenk (July 14, 1897 – May 2, 1978) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Rice University from 1925 to 1926 and at Pennsylvania State University from 1931 to 1962. Bedenk was also the head football coach at Penn State for one season in 1949, tallying a mark of 5–4.
coach, and Engle's quarterback from Brown University, Joe Paterno as an assistant coach. Bedenk died on May 2, 1978, at the Mountainview Unit of Centre...
(/pəˈtɜːrnoʊ/; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012), sometimes referred to as JoePa, was an American college football player, athletic director, and coach...
team was coached by JoeBedenk. He was named head coach after coaching the line for several years. After a single 5–4 season, Bedenk requested a return...
the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954. For one season, JoeBedenk, also a Penn State alum, served as the Nittany Lions' head football coach...
(1915–1917) Hugo Bezdek (1918–1929) Bob Higgins (1930–1948) JoeBedenk (1949) Rip Engle (1950–1965) Joe Paterno (1966–2011) Tom Bradley # (2011) Bill O'Brien...
announced his retirement from coaching. "Former Penn State Baseball Coach Joe Hindelang Passes Away". Go PSU Sports. 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February...
Cincinnati Reds were Chick Gandil, Happy Felsch, Eddie Cicotte, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Lefty Williams, Buck Weaver, Fred McMullin, and Swede Risberg. Kerr...
State University in the 1952 NCAA baseball season. The head coach was JoeBedenk, serving his 22nd year. The Nittany Lions lost in the College World Series...
the 1959 NCAA University Division baseball season. The head coach was JoeBedenk, serving his 29th year. The Nittany Lions lost in the College World Series...
1957 NCAA University Division baseball season. The team was coached by JoeBedenk in his 27th season at Penn State. The Nittany Lions lost the College World...
(1915–1917) Hugo Bezdek (1918–1929) Bob Higgins (1930–1948) JoeBedenk (1949) Rip Engle (1950–1965) Joe Paterno (1966–2011) Tom Bradley # (2011) Bill O'Brien...
Philip Humber (2004), Jeff Niemann (2004), Wade Townsend (2004, 2005), Joe Savery (2007), and Anthony Rendon (2011). Eight of those players have been...
reportedly in the first game he ever saw. Under the leadership of Engle at Brown, Joe Paterno developed as a capable quarterback and a skillful leader. After graduating...
(1915–1917) Hugo Bezdek (1918–1929) Bob Higgins (1930–1948) JoeBedenk (1949) Rip Engle (1950–1965) Joe Paterno (1966–2011) Tom Bradley # (2011) Bill O'Brien...
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