Clyde "Buck" Starbeck (1985) - Hall of Fame

Clyde "Buck" Starbeck

Induction:
1985

C. L. "Buck" Starbeck spent 34 years in the North Central Conference football picture. From 1923-27, he was an all-league center at South Dakota State. He coached the line at North Dakota from 1928 until he came to Iowa State Teachers College in 1936. During that time, he figured in 16 conference championships either as a player or coach. In 1939, a string of four victories unraveled into 31 conference games without a defeat. ISTC won seven titles and from 1940-49, and no other league member gained top position, the first time in national history that a school so completely dominated a league over such an extended period of time. In 20 seasons, his overall record was 95-58-10.