Ben Ticknor
Ticknor, 1930 Harvard official team photograph
No. 55
PositionCenter
Class1931
Personal information
Born:(1909-01-08)January 8, 1909
Canton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:February 12, 1979(1979-02-12) (aged 70)
Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight193 lb (88 kg)
Career history
College
High schoolMilton Academy
(Milton, Massachusetts)
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame (1954)

Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American college football player. He was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense.[1][2] He was captain of the 1930 team.[3][4] Harvard did not see its success of old during Ticknor's era, but he relished the beatings of rival Yale. Ticknor was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. [1]

Ticknor was the son of William Davis Ticknor Sr. (1881–1938) and Ella Frances Wattles (1880–1963). His grandfather was another Benjamin Holt Ticknor and his great-grandfather another William Davis Ticknor of Ticknor and Fields.

References

  1. 1 2 Ben Ticknor at the College Football Hall of Fame
  2. "Class of '31 Finishes College in Building Era".
  3. Corbett, Bernard M. (2002). Harvard Football. ISBN 9780738510743.
  4. "Horween Stays at Harvard". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. December 3, 1929.
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