Carl Linnwood Beck was a professional football player from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Education
Beck attended Harrisburg Technical, located on Walnut Street. The school closed after the 1925-1926 school year. In 1918 and 1919 Beck helped the Technical Maroons win back-to-back state championships in football.
In 1919 Beck and the Maroons won the high school national championship.
At halfback Beck score 34 touchdowns, many on long runs. He is still considered one of the greatest running backs ever developed in Pennsylvania.
Beck totalled an amazing 445 points in his three years of high school. He scored six touchdowns in each of three games, and five in four more.
He returned four kickoffs for touchdownss.
In one 1919 game, Beck scored four touchdowns in the first seven minutes.
Career
He made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1921 with the He played for the All-Americans for 1 year, before leaving the NFL. He later returned to the NFL in 1925 as star with both the and the Frankford Yellow Jackets. When not playing football, Beck worked as a police officer for the Harrisburg Police Department. Professionally he played in the American Professional Football Association, later known as the National Football League, for the In 1922, the then-independent attracted the sponsorship of several area businessmen.
These men upgraded the club by luring talented pro players such as Benny Boynton, Stan Cofall and Beck to the team
In 1925 the Maroons entered the NFL. In 1926 played for the of the Eastern League of Professional Football. However he and several other Bears players were mysteriously absent from the very next game against the Shenandoah Red Jackets.
This move was supposedly a walk-out. As a result manager, Gyp Downey, tried to ban all of the involved players from playing in the league.
However he withdrew his motion the very next week and the players returned to the team
The Bethlehem would finish the season in second place. Beck went on to receive first team All-Eastern League honors in 1926. While he only scored two touchdowns, including one in non-league play, for the Bears, his strong running ability was a key component of the team"s success.