Ben Roderick
American football player (1899–1974)
American football player
- 2 (1923 Buffalo)
- 20 (1926)
- 11 (1927)[1]
Navarre, Ohio, U.S.
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
- Canton Bulldogs (1920)
- Cleveland Tigers (1921)
- Canton Bulldogs (1923)
- Buffalo All-Americans (1923)
- Canton Bulldogs (1926)
- Buffalo Bisons (1927)
Benjamin Aaron Roderick (May 11, 1899 – November 30, 1974) was a professional American football player during the early years of the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo All-Americans, Canton Bulldogs and Buffalo Bisons. Roderick won an NFL championship with the Canton Bulldogs in 1923.[2] He also played for Cleveland Tigers, while playing in the American Professional Football Association, the organization that later became the NFL.[3]
College football
In 1922, Roderick transferred from Columbia University to Boston College. His teammate at Columbia, Sam Dana, who became the longest surviving NFL alumnus in 2003, referred to Roderick as "a sweetheart of a player". Dana later adopted Roderick's style of running.[4]
Korean War
Roderick was one of 226 NFL personnel who served in the military during the Korean War.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio Northern Polar Bears (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1924–1925) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Ohio Northern | 4–3–1 | 3–3–1 | T–10th | |||||
| 1925 | Ohio Northern | 3–4–1 | 2–4–1 | 16th | |||||
| Ohio Northern: | 7–7–2 | 5–7–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–7–2 | ||||||||
References
- ^ Uniform Numbers of the NFL: Pre-1933 Defunct Teams
- ^ "Ben Roderick Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "Eagles in the Pros" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
- ^ Sam Dana Turns 100 Archived February 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Football and America: Korean War". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
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Ohio Northern Polar Bears head football coaches
- No coach (1893)
- Harry McCrory (1894)
- William Kreglow (1895–1897)
- A. H. Hanover (1898)
- William Kreglow (1899–1900)
- No coach (1901–1902)
- Edgar Wingard (1903)
- No coach (1904)
- Thomas J. Smull (1905)
- Grover Kreglow (1906–1907)
- Snuff MacKowan (1908–1909)
- Thomas J. Smull (1910)
- Marion J. Bradshaw (1911–1912)
- Carl Peters (1913)
- Arthur W. Raymond (1914–1915)
- Larry Bevan (1916–1917)
- Thomas J. Smull (1918)
- Charles Bolen (1919–1921)
- James O. Newton (1922–1923)
- Ben Roderick (1924–1925)
- William Meredith (1926–1928)
- Ernest R. Miller (1929–1930)
- Harris Lamb (1931–1941)
- Millard Murphy (1942)
- No team (1943–1944)
- Clyde A. Lamb (1945)
- Millard Murphy (1946)
- Clyde A. Lamb (1947–1954)
- Richard Poole (1955)
- John Nettleton (1956–1959)
- Arden Roberson (1960–1969)
- Bob Middleton (1970–1973)
- Wally Hood (1974–1983)
- Dan Kratzer (1984–1985)
- Tom Kaczkowski (1986–2002)
- Stacey Hairston # (2003)
- Dean Paul (2004–2023)
- Andy Fries (2024– )
# denotes interim head coach
