Sheldon Beise

Sheldon Beise (September 15, 1911 – April 1, 1960) was an American football player and coach.

Biography Beise was a native of Mound, Minnesota, where he was an all-around athlete, winning varsity letters in basketball, track, baseball and football at Mound High School. He was also named as a second-team All-American by the Associated Press, United Press, Newspaper Editors Association and New York Sun. He played on Bernie Bierman's national championship teams of 1934 and 1935 and never played in a losing game for Minnesota. He was considered a powerful plunger and one of the most effective blockers in the Bernie Bierman era of single wing football." In addition to the All-American honors in 1935, he was an All-Big Ten Conference fullback for three consecutive years. He was also selected to play in the East-West Shrine game in San Frandsco after the 1935 season. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1936 NFL Draft.

After graduating, Beise served as a backfield coach and physical education instructor at the University of Minnesota. He also coached football at the College of the Holy Cross,Worcester. He was alone in the car and suffered a fractured skull. He reportedly fell asleep at the wheel while driving to his home in rural Excelsior, Minnesota.