| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1955 Milwaukie, Oregon, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1914–1916 | Wittenberg |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922–1923 | Baldwin–Wallace |
| 1924–1926 | Albion |
| Basketball | |
| 1922–1924 | Baldwin–Wallace |
| 1924–1927 | Albion |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 22–17–4 (football) 56–28 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Basketball 1 MIAA (1927) | |
Reuben William "Rube" Bechtel (? – 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Baldwin–Wallace College—now known as Baldwin Wallace University—from 1922 to 1923 and at Albion College from 1924 to 1926, compiling a career college football coaching record of 22–17–4. Bechtel was also the head basketball coach at Baldwin–Wallace from 1922 to 1924 and Albion from 1924 to 1927, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 56–28.
Bechtel graduated in 1917 from Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He died in 1955, in Milwaukie, Oregon.[1][2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Baldwin–Wallace | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1923 | Baldwin–Wallace | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| Baldwin–Wallace: | 9–5–2 | ||||||||
| Albion (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1924–1926) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Albion | 6–3 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1925 | Albion | 3–4–2 | 3–1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1926 | Albion | 4–5 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| Albion: | 13–12–2 | 8–5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 22–17–4 | ||||||||
