Ken Beck (4 August 1940 – 6 April 2025) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

er who played with

Hawthorn FC The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawth ...

in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFL). Originally from Stawell FC, Beck was a tall ruckman and made his league debut in 1962. He was a regular member of the team during the 1960s and was a reserve in their 1971 premiership side. 1972 was Beck’s last season and he was elected captain of the Reserves. His last game was the VFL Reserves Grand Final in which his side won the Premiership.

After VFL

Beck accepted a two-year contract to captain-coach Dandenong in the VFA for the 1973 and 1974 seasons. He later played for Prahran and Oakleigh. In 1978 he was playing in the Mornington Peninsula League with Seaford. He won that league's Best & Fairest in 1978. Beck died on 6 April 2025, at the age of 84.

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn * VFL premiership player:

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

* 2×

Minor premiership A minor premiership is the title given to the team which finishes a sporting competition first in the league standings after the regular season but prior to commencement of the finals in several Australian sports leagues. Origins The etymolo ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

Individual *

Victoria Australian rules football team The Victoria Australian rules football team, known colloquially as the Big V, is the state representative side of Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia, in the sport of Australian rules football. The Big V has a proud history, dominating th ...

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

* Hawthorn life member

References

Sources

* Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

* * https://thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Beck,_Kenneth.php 1940 births 2025 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Hawthorn Football Club premiership players Stawell Football Club players VFL/AFL premiership players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub