Post-NFL Career
In 1971, Beban joined the Los Angeles office of CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services company. Beginning in 1975, he worked to establish offices in the Chicago area. Beban was named president and general manager of the company in 1985, and in 1998 became senior executive managing director of the company's Global Corporate Services unit. For several years in the 70's, he also provided unique color commentary for UCLA football telecasts..
In 2007, Beban participated in the national UCLA alumni commercial entitled "My Big UCLA Moment." The UCLA commercial is featured on YouTube.
In 2009, UCLA scheduled a special "Throwback Jersey" day in honor of Heisman Trophy Winner Gary Beban for the UCLA-Washington homecoming game at the Rose Bowl, where the team dressed in the resplendid powder blue and white shoulder stripe jerseys with pure gold helmets (no decals) of UCLA's storied days of Beban's great '65-'66-67 seasons, uniforms first devised by the legendary coach Red Sanders for his national power teams of the 50's, including the 1954 National Championship team. Fans were able to purchase Beban's #16 jersey to wear en masse that day.
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