Mel Becket
American football player
1929 – 1956
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Who was Mel Becket?
Melvin Howard "Mel" Becket, was an American college football and professional Canadian football player, and was one of 62 people that died on Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, on December 9, 1956.
Becket played his entire four-year professional football career as a tight end and center for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, and his No. 40 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1929
Chicago - Education
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Died
- Dec 9, 1956
Slesse Mountain
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on July 23, 2013
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