1. Lester Cort Belding was an American athlete and coach in football, basketball, and track and field.
14 Facts About Lester Belding
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Lester Belding was the first football player from the University of Iowa to be named a consensus All-American.
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Lester Belding was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1963.
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Lester Belding enrolled at the University of Iowa where he played football for legendary coach Howard Jones.
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Lester Belding was a consensus Football All-American at the end position in 1919, the first player from the University of Iowa to receive the honor.
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Lester Belding was a three-time first-team All-Big Ten Conference selection.
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Lester Belding was the captain of Iowa's track team in 1921, competing in the 100 and 220-yard dashes.
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Lester Belding coached at a prep school in Boulder, Colorado.
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In 1923, Lester Belding accepted a coaching position in Clinton, Iowa, where he coached two state championship football teams.
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Lester Belding next accepted a position at the freshman coach at the University of North Carolina.
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Lester Belding later served as the high school coach at Greensboro, North Carolina for seven years.
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In 1933, Lester Belding returned to Iowa where he was put in charge of high school athletics at Reinbeck, Iowa.
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Lester Belding finished his career serving 20 years, from 1945 to 1965, as a track and football coach and athletic director at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
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Lester Belding was posthumously inducted into the University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991.