death_date article_title pastschools currentposition bowlgames birth_date school
29 june 1984 benny lom
 california -lrb- 1927 & ndash ; 1929 -rrb- halfback rose bowl -lrb- 1929 -rrb- 29 june 1906 california golden bears
benny lom

benjamin `` benny '' lom -lrb- june 29 , 1906 -- june 29 , 1984 -rrb- was an american college football player who played for three seasons for the university of california , berkeley golden bears , and was best known for his attempt to stop his own teammate roy riegels after riegels ran the ball 69 yards in the wrong direction during the 1929 rose bowl .
