Sheldon Beise was an American football player and coach.
14 Facts About Sheldon Beise
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Sheldon Beise played at the fullback position for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football teams from 1933 to 1935 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1935 by the North American Newspaper Alliance, and the Central Press Association.
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Sheldon Beise was named as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press, United Press, Newspaper Editors Association and New York Sun.
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Sheldon Beise played on Bernie Bierman's national championship teams of 1934 and 1935 and never played in a losing game for Minnesota.
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Sheldon Beise was considered a powerful plunger and one of the most effective blockers in the Bernie Bierman era of single wing football.
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Sheldon Beise was selected to play in the East-West Shrine game in San Frandsco after the 1935 season.
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Sheldon Beise participated in baseball and track at the University of Minnesota.
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Sheldon Beise was drafted in the fourth round of the 1936 NFL Draft.
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Sheldon Beise coached football at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester.
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Sheldon Beise was insurance superintendent for the Western Life Insurance Co.
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Sheldon Beise was driving on Minnesota's Highway 7 when his car left the highway ten miles west of Minneapolis and hit a tree.
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Sheldon Beise was alone in the car and suffered a fractured skull.
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Sheldon Beise reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving to his home in rural Excelsior, Minnesota.
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Sheldon Beise was posthumously inducted into the University of Minnesota's "M" Club Hall of Fame in 2006.