# Forrest Behm

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{{Short description|American football player (1919–2015)}}
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{{Infobox gridiron football person 
   |name=Forrest Behm
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   |birth_date={{Birth date|1919|7|31}} 
   |birth_place=[Lincoln, Nebraska](/source/Lincoln%2C_Nebraska), U.S.
   |death_date={{death date and age|2015|6|29|1919|7|31}}
   |death_place=[Corning, New York](/source/Corning%2C_New_York), U.S.
   |Position=[Tackle](/source/Tackle_(American_football))
   |College=[University of Nebraska](/source/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln)
|career_highlights =
* First-team [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) ([1940](/source/1940_College_Football_All-America_Team))
* First-team All-[Big Six](/source/Big_Eight_Conference) ([1940](/source/1940_All-Big_Six_Conference_football_team))
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'''Forrest Edwin Behm''' (July 31, 1919 – June 29, 2015) was an American [football](/source/American_football) player. He played [college football](/source/college_football) for the [Nebraska Cornhuskers](/source/Nebraska_Cornhuskers). He was elected to the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) in 1988.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forrest Behm|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/the-leader/obituary.aspx?DB_OEM_ID=100&n=forrest-behm&pid=175201230|accessdate=2 July 2015}}</ref> In 1992, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Nebraska.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Nebraska Honorary Degrees, 1872 - 2020 |url=https://nebraska.edu/-/media/projects/unca/docs/board-of-regents/awards-and-recognition/honorary-degrees/honorary-degrees-alphabetical-2020.pdf |access-date=June 3, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1563}}

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Category:1919 births
Category:2015 deaths
Category:American football tackles
Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Players of American football from Lincoln, Nebraska
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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