{{Short description|American football player (1899–1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Ben Roderick | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth_date|1899|5|11}} | birth_place = Navarre, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|11|30|1899|5|11}} | death_place = Canton, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lbs = 179 | position = Fullback, tailback | college = Boston College, Columbia University, Wooster College | number = 5 (1923 Canton) {{Unbulleted list|2 (1923 Buffalo)|20 (1926)|11 (1927)<ref>[http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~maxymuk/home/ongoing/ongoing.html Uniform Numbers of the NFL: Pre-1933 Defunct Teams]</ref>}} | pfr = RodeBe20 | teams = *Canton Bulldogs (1920) * Cleveland Tigers (1921) * Canton Bulldogs (1923) * Buffalo All-Americans (1923) * Canton Bulldogs (1926) * Buffalo Bisons (1927) }}
'''Benjamin Aaron Roderick''' (May 11, 1899 – November 30, 1974) was an American professional football player during the early years of the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo All-Americans, Canton Bulldogs and Buffalo Bisons. Roderick won an NFL championship with the Canton Bulldogs in 1923.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RodeBe20.htm| title = Ben Roderick Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com| website = Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> He also played for Cleveland Tigers, while playing in the American Professional Football Association, the organization that later became the NFL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/in-the-pros.pdf |title=Eagles in the Pros |access-date=2009-03-26 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185936/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/in-the-pros.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==College football== In 1922, Roderick transferred from Columbia University to Boston College. His teammate at Columbia, Sam Dana, who became the longest surviving NFL alumnus in 2003, referred to Roderick as "a sweetheart of a player". Dana later adopted Roderick's style of running.<ref>[http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/25-06-1010.pdf Sam Dana Turns 100] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206044754/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/25-06-1010.pdf |date=February 6, 2009 }}</ref>
==Korean War== Roderick was one of 226 NFL personnel who served in the military during the Korean War.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/war/korean/honor_roll.jsp |title=Football and America: Korean War |access-date=2009-03-26 |archive-date=2009-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107055445/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/war/korean/honor_roll.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Ohio Northern Polar Bears | conf = Ohio Athletic Conference | startyear = 1924 | endyear = 1925 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1924 | name = Ohio Northern | overall = 4–3–1 | conference = 3–3–1 | confstanding = T–10th | bowl = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1925 | name = Ohio Northern | overall = 3–4–1 | conference = 2–4–1 | confstanding = 16th | bowl = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Ohio Northern | overall = 7–7–2 | confrecord = 5–7–2 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 7–7–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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