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Alyn Richard Beals (April 27, 1921 – August 11, 1993) was a professional American football end/defensive end in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers from 1946 through 1951.

Alyn Beals

No. 53
Position:	End
Personal information
Born:	(1921-04-27)April 27, 1921 Marysville, California
Died:	August 11, 1993(1993-08-11) (aged 72) Redwood City, California
Career information
College:	Santa Clara
NFL Draft:	1943 / Round: 8 / Pick: 69 (by the Chicago Bears)[1]
Career history
San Francisco 49ers (1946–1951)
Career highlights and awards
3× First-team All-Pro (1946, 1948, 1949) 4× AAFC receiving touchdowns leader (1946–1949) AAFC record 278 career points
Career professional statistics
Receptions: 211 Receiving yards: 2,951 Touchdowns: 49
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Early life

Beals grew up in San Francisco, California and was raised by his mother, who divorced his father when Beals was three years old. He excelled at San Francisco Polytechnic High School in football (right near Kezar Stadium, which led to a scholarship from Santa Clara University after he picked them over the University of California. Beals was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1942, but Beals elected to serve in World War II, where he later became a Field Artillery Battery Commander.[2] Beals scored 46 touchdowns in four seasons with the team (1939 to 1943) and he was inducted into the university's Hall of Fame in 1964.[3]

Football career

Beals was recruited to play for the newly formed San Francisco 49ers of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and play for Buck Shaw, his former coach at Santa Clara. Beals led the AAFC in receiving touchdowns all four years of the league's existence and in 1949 he was the AAFC leader in overall touchdowns (12) and points scored (73).[4] When the AAFC folded at the end of the 1949 season, he was the league's all-time scoring leader with 278 points.[5]

References

External links

• Alyn Beals at Find a Grave

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