Ben Ticknor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBen Ticknor
American football player
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1909
Place of Birth: Canton, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 12-Sep-1979
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Ben Ticknor
- Benjamin Holt Ticknor (January 9, 1909 – September 12, 1979) was an American football player.
- He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
- Ticknor was a prominent center for the Harvard Crimson, known especially for his play on defense.
- He was captain of the 1930 team.
- Harvard did not see its success of old during Ticknor's era, but he relished the beatings of rival Yale.Ben Ticknor was the son of William Davis Ticknor, Sr.
- (1881–1938) and Ella Frances Wattles (1880 –1963).
- Thus his grandfather was another Benjamin Holt Ticknor and his great-grandfather another William Davis Ticknor (of Ticknor and Fields).
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