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Adrian L. Beamer

(1954-2006)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ60378999 ↗
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Adrian L. "Bink" Beamer (February 5, 1923 – August 20, 2008) was an American college football coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Central Washington University from 1961 to 1962, compiling a record of 11–6–1. Beamer was also the school's athletic director from 1963 to 1983. Beamer played college football at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, where he lettered in 1941 and 1942.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923, 2008, 1961, 1962—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-02-05. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Adrian, Beamer and 1954-2006 providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Adrian L. Beamer” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.