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Biographical details | |
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Born | Plymouth, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 10, 1912
Died | July 4, 2015 Carlisle, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 102)
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.[1][2]
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.[3]