Anson M. Beard

Anson McCook Beard (March 17, 1874 – November 9, 1929) was an American football player.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Beard played college football for Yale. He joined the school in 1891, and was part of four consecutive national championships between that year and 1894. Mid-season of 1894, Beard left the Yale football team, saying he "cannot spare the time from his studies for athletics" and that his father objected to football.[1] Despite missing nearly half of the season, Beard was named to the College Football All-America team following the season, in which Yale compiled a 16–0 record. After his playing career Beard became a lawyer. In 1902, he married Ruth Hill, the daughter of James J. Hill.[2] With her he had two children. He died on November 9, 1929, in Tuxedo Park, New York.[3]