"Ken Beck" is a retired Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn Football Club/Hawthorn in the Australian Football League/Victorian Football League (VFL).

Originally from Stawell Football Club/Stawell, Beck was a tall ruckman and made his league debut in 1962. He was a regular member of the team during the 1960s and was a reserve in their 1971 premiership side.

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I think their goals are set a little higher. They are going to be pretty competitive.

Land is a commodity, just like grain or anything else. And the time may come when they might want to 1031 their way out of here, too.

We didn't stop construction this winter. We've got more than 12,000 cubic yards of concrete in there now. It's more than half way.

It seemed like there were always two or three defenders all around me, and balls were thrown over my head ? a lot, ... I caught a lot of balls one-handed. I'd reach up with one big hand to stop it, and then I could tap the ball to myself until I could cradle it.

Mostly it was short stuff over the middle, ... Usually I got blasted after I caught it.

I'm pretty ecstatic about it. It helped having some bigger schools there for competition, and Regina played really well, too. It was a perfect day for golf, though that tournament is notorious for bad weather. The course really played well for them -- flat and open. They're used to a tight course at Macbride.

I'm meeting a bunch of friends. We're going to celebrate the victory and then watch the riots in pioneer square.

Next to my family, I loved baseball and football more than anything, ... And when you love something that much, a record means a lot.