Career
After commencing his career with South Broken Hill Football Club, Beck moved to Adelaide and played with Portuguese Adelaide in 1921–1922, returned to Broken Hill for the 1923 season and then played for Glenelg in 1924. He again returned to South Broken Hill for the 1925 season. Beck and his South Broken Hill team-mate Tom Everuss both joined Hawthorn at the start of the 1926 VFL season.
He made his debut against North Melbourne in Round 2 and played the next game and was then dropped.
Beck then returned to South Broken Hill.