"Melvin Howard Becket"@en . "1956Z"^^ . . . "Player of American and Canadian football" . "1956-12-09Z"^^ . "Becket, Mel"@en . "1929Z"^^ . . . "Melvin Howard \"Mel\" Becket, (1929 \u2013 December 9, 1956) was an American college football and professional Canadian football player, and was one of 62 people that died on Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, on December 9, 1956.Becket played his entire four-year professional football career as a tight end and center for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union, and his No. 40 jersey is one of eight that has been retired by the club."@en . . "1929-01-01Z"^^ . . . .