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{{Short description|American football player (1917–1982)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Ben Starret
| image =
| caption =
| position = [[Back (American football)|Back]]
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1917|11|19|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Rosa, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|1|10|1917|11|19}}
| death_place = [[Burnt Ranch, California]], U.S.
| undraftedyear =
| college = [[Saint Mary's Gaels football|Saint Mary's (CA)]]
| teams =
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1941}})
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1942}}–{{NFL Year|1945}})
| highlights =
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1944 NFL Championship Game|1944]])
| statlabel1 = Rushing att-yards
| statvalue1 = 23-57
| statlabel2 = [[Reception (American football)|Receptions]]-yards
| statvalue2 = 1-6
| statlabel3 = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue3 = 2
| pfr = S/StarBe20
}}

'''Benjamin L. Starret''' (November 19, 1917 – January 10, 1982) was an [[American football]] [[Back (American football)|back]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) who played for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Rookie Ben Starret tides Steelers over tough spot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-rookie-ben-starret/133156852/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |date=4 September 1941 |page=23|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref> and the [[Green Bay Packers]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Packers.com - Ben Starret | work = Packers.com | url = http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/starret_ben_1942-45/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070810202959/http://www.packers.com/history/all_time_roster/player/starret_ben_1942-45/ | url-status = dead | archive-date = August 10, 2007 | accessdate = January 2, 2009 }}</ref> Starret played collegiate ball for [[Saint Mary's College of California]] and played professionally in the NFL for 5 seasons. He retired in 1945.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ben Starret Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/StarBe20.htm | accessdate = January 2, 2009 }}</ref>

==References==
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{{1944 Green Bay Packers}}

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[[Category:1917 births]]
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Santa Rosa, California]]
[[Category:American football running backs]]
[[Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Wilmington Clippers players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]

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Ben Starret - Revision history

imported>Ser Amantio di Nicolao: Copying from Category:American football running back, 1910s birth stubs to Category:20th-century American sportsmen using Cat-a-lot