Mel Becket, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mel Becket

Player of American and Canadian football

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1929

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1956

Profession: American football player, Canadian football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Melvin Howard "Mel" Becket, (1929 – December 9, 1956) was an American college football and professional Canadian football player, and was one of 62 people who died on Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, on December 9, 1956.Becket played his entire four-year professional football career as a tight end and center for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, and his No.
40 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club.