[1] He played college football for the Navy Midshipmen, where he won the Maxwell Award in 1954.
Beagle was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but played high school football in Cincinnati.
A physical player, Beagle won All-American recognition in his junior and senior seasons during an era in which ends played 60 minutes.
Beagle finished his three-year career with 64 receptions for 849 yards (mostly from George Welsh) and eight touchdowns despite fighting through a broken hand.
[4] Uniquely in the history of the sport, Beagle and Roger Staubach played football for the same high school (Purcell in Cincinnati), played college ball at the same school (Navy), won the Maxwell Award, made All-American team, and eventually were inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, with Beagle receiving that honor in 1986.