Lester Cort Belding (December 5, 1900 – May 27, 1965) was an American athlete and coach in football, basketball, and track and field.

[2] Belding enrolled at the University of Iowa where he played football for legendary coach Howard Jones.

He was a consensus Football All-American at the end position in 1919,[3] the first player from the University of Iowa to receive the honor.

[4] Considered "one of the nation's premier collegiate pass catchers of his era,"[4][5] he played on the undefeated 1921 national championship team that outscored opponents 123–15 and included Gordon Locke, Aubrey Devine, Glenn Devine, and Duke Slater.

[2][8][9] He finished his career serving 20 years, from 1945 to 1965, as a track and football coach and athletic director at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.