caption high_school playing_years death_date death_place playing_team career_highlights image_size article_title position birth_date image college name
bevan , c. 1936 st. paul central high school 1933 -- 1934 26 august 1975 hennepin county , minnesota minnesota consensus all-american -lrb- 1934 -rrb- 160 bill bevan
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bill bevan

william arnold bevan , sr. -lrb- march 26 , 1913 -- august 26 , 1975 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he played college football at the university of minnesota and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1934 college football all-america team .
he grew up in st. paul , minnesota , and graduated from st. paul central high school .
he then enrolled at the university of minnesota , where he was a member of the minnesota golden gophers football team under head coach bernie bierman .
he played at the guard position on minnesota teams that were undefeated for two consecutive seasons from 1933 to 1934 and was one of four first-team all-americans on the 1934 minnesota team that has been recognized as minnesota 's first national championship team .
he was a consensus first-team selection for the 1934 college football all-america team .
he was also a boxer who won the big ten conference boxing championship in the light heavyweight class .
after leaving minnesota , bevan was a football coach at iowa state university , tulane university , dartmouth college , and the university of pittsburgh .
during world war ii , he served in the united states army and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel .
after the war , bevan pursued a career in business .
he also volunteered as a coach at chicago city college , shattuck , and carleton college .
he died in 1975 .
