High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elmer Ellsworth Beach (December 19, 1861 – March 17, 1950) was an American football player and lawyer. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1882 to 1883. He later became a lawyer in Chicago, established the Beach Beach law firm, and practiced law from 1887 until his retirement in the 1930s. He was also grand master of the grand lodge Illinois Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.