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Princeton Coach Mourns Tiger Bech, Star Player Killed In New Orleans Terror Attack Princeton Coach Mourns Tiger Bech, Star Player Killed In New Orleans Terror Attack
Princeton Coach Mourns Tiger Bech, Star Player Killed In New Orleans Terror Attack Princeton University’s football community is mourning the loss of Martin "Tiger" Bech ’21, a standout player and beloved teammate, who was killed in a terror attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday, Jan. 1. Bech, a key member of Princeton's 2016 and 2018 Ivy League Championship teams, was remembered by Head Coach Bob Surace as a "ferocious competitor" and a caring friend. “There was no more appropriate nickname of a Princeton player I coached,” said Surace, the Charles W. Caldwell Jr. '25 Head Coach of Football. “He was a ‘Tiger’ in every way – a ferocious competitor with en…

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Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate
Princeton Alum Injured In Deadly New Orleans Attack That Killed Former Teammate Ryan Quigley, a 2020 Princeton University graduate and former classmate and coworker of Tiger Bech, was injured in the deadly New Orleans pickup truck attack early Wednesday, Jan. 1. Quigley, a Lansdale Catholic High School graduate from the Class of 2016, was hospitalized following the attack, which claimed at least 15 lives, including Bech’s, in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Quigley and Bech both worked at Seaport Global Holdings LLC, a financial services firm in New York, and had remained close since their time at Princeton. Ryan Quigley Facebook/Ryan Quigley @ryan.quigley.3…

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