Mel Becket

Melvin Howard Becket (1930 – 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.

Family Melvin was born on 24 April 1930 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, the son of Robert William Becket and Margaret Lydia Deahl.

Career 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 40 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club.

College career Becket played college football for the Indiana University Hoosiers from 1947 to 1951.

Professional career Following college, Becket was drafted in the eighth round of the 1952 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.

Legacy Since 1957, in memory of Becket and his teammate Mario DeMarco, the DeMarco-Becket Memorial Trophy has been annually awarded to the most outstanding lineman in the CFL's West Division.