Ray Merril Beck was an American football player in the National Football League for the New York Giants in 1952 and from 1955 to 1957. Beck was born in Bowdon, Georgia and graduated from Cedartown High School. He played four years at Georgia Tech and had his best season his senior year in 1951, when the Yellow Jackets finished 11?0?1 including a 17?14 victory over Baylor in the Orange Bowl. He was named All-America by the Football Writers Association and the American Football Coaches Association, as well as Most Valuable Lineman in the Southeastern Conference. He missed the 1953?54 seasons due to military service during the Korean War. He later was president of a trucking company in the Atlanta area and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997. 

March 17th, 1931 in Bowdon  /  Died:   Jan 10th, 2007