Ben Martin (American football)

Ben Martin
Biographical details
Born	June 27, 1921; Prospect Park, Pennsylvania
Died	July 24, 2004 (aged 83); Colorado Springs, Colorado
Alma mater	The Hill School
Playing career
1941	Princeton
1942–1944	Navy
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1949–1954	Navy (assistant)
1956–1957	Virginia
1958–1977	Air Force
Head coaching record
Overall	102–116–10 (.469)
Bowls	0–2–1

Benjamin S. Martin (June 27, 1921 – July 24, 2004) was an American football player and coach. He was the head coach at the University of Virginia from 1956 to 1957 and at the United States Air Force Academy from 1958 to 1977, compiling a career college football record of 102–116–10 (.469).

A native of Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, Martin played college football at Princeton University in 1941 and then moved to the United States Naval Academy; he was a member of the class of 1946, which graduated early in 1945 due to World War II. After sea duty on the USS Helena, Martin was an assistant coach at Navy from 1949 to 1954; that last team was 8–2, among the best in program history, and won the Sugar Bowl. His first team at Air Force in 1958 was undefeated (with two ties), played in the Cotton Bowl, and finished in the top ten in both polls.[1][2][3]

Martin died at age 83 in 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado,[1][2][3] and was buried in Maryland at the Naval Academy Cemetery. He was inducted into the Air Force Falcons Hall of Fame in 2009.[4]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Virginia Cavaliers (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1956–1957)
1956	Virginia	3–7	1–4	8th
1957	Virginia	3–6–1	2–4	6th
Virginia:		6–13–1	3–8
Air Force Falcons (Independent) (1958–1977)
1958	Air Force	9–0–2			T Cotton	8	6
1959	Air Force	5–4–1
1960	Air Force	4–6
1961	Air Force	3–7
1962	Air Force	5–5
1963	Air Force	7–4			L Gator
1964	Air Force	4–5–1
1965	Air Force	3–6–1
1966	Air Force	4–6
1967	Air Force	2–6–2
1968	Air Force	7–3
1969	Air Force	6–4
1970	Air Force	9–3			L Sugar	11	16
1971	Air Force	6–4
1972	Air Force	6–4
1973	Air Force	6–4
1974	Air Force	2–9
1975	Air Force	2–8–1
1976	Air Force	4–7
1977	Air Force	2–8–1
Air Force:		96–103–9
Total:		102–116–10
^#Rankings from final Coaches Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

gollark: What answer did you need?

gollark: It should give access to debug for fun purposes.

gollark: With no environment, but it's quite funny.

gollark: Unserialise, funnily enough, actually executes arbitrary code.

gollark: Mine does actually print out each argument individually due to a quirk of lua.

"Ben Martin, 83, Coach Of Air Force Football Team". The New York Times. August 1, 2004. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
"Legendary football coach Ben Martin passes away". U.S. Air Force Academy Athletics. July 24, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
"Navy football great Ben Martin passes away". U.S. Naval Academy Athletics. July 26, 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
"Hall of Fame". U.S. Air Force Academy Athletics. Retrieved February 11, 2020.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.