Benjamin James (American football)
Benjamin D. James (August 10, 1912 – July 4, 2015) was an American athletics coach, educator, and college administrator. Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, he started at Dickinson College in 1930 on an academic scholarship and played football as a center as well as basketball, baseball, and track. He was part of Dickinson’s 1931 football team that upset Penn State. After coaching Plymouth High School in Pennsylvania through 1940, he returned to Dickinson as an assistant football coach in 1941 and as the head football coach in 1942, finishing with a 1–5 record. James died in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, at age 102.
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