Joe Benda

Joseph Francis Benda (March 20, 1905 – June 20, 1950) was an American football, basketball and baseball coach.[1] He served three stints head football coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota from 1930 to 1936, 1941 to 1942, and 1945 to 1949, compiling a record of 57–32–8. Benda was also the school's head basketball coach and head baseball coach.[2][3]

Joe Benda
Biographical details
Born(1905-03-20)March 20, 1905
Minnesota
DiedJune 20, 1950(1950-06-20) (aged 45)
Collegeville, Minnesota
Playing career
Football
1925–1927Notre Dame
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1929Duluth Cathedral HS (MN)
1930–1936Saint John's (MN)
1937–1940Notre Dame (ends)
1941–1942Saint John's (MN)
1944Cleveland Rams (assistant)
1945–1949Saint John's (MN)
Basketball
1930–1948Saint John's (MN)
Baseball
1945Saint John's (MN)
Head coaching record
Overall57–32–8 (college football)
68–152 (college basketball)
2–4 (college baseball)

Benda played college football at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, lettering three years from 1925 to 1927.[4] He came St. John's after spending a year as the head coach at his old high school, leading Central to a 7–1 finish in 1929. He inherited a Johnnies' squad that finished 0–6 the year before. St. John's finished 1–4–1 in 1930, including an 82–0 loss at St. Olaf.[5]

Benda died on June 20, 1950, in Collegeville, after suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma.[6]

References
  1. "Joseph Benda". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. "SJU Basketball Coaching Records" (PDF). gojohnnies.com. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. "Joseph Benda". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  4. "Notre Dame football". und.com. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  5. "Before Gagliardi, there was Benda". St. Cloud Times. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  6. Byrne, Jim (June 21, 1950). "Heroic Benda Battle Ended". Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. p. 38. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.