Ad Wenke
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| Position | Tackle | ||||
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| Born | January 22, 1898 Pender, Nebraska, US | ||||
| Died | March 3, 1961 (aged 63) Lincoln, Nebraska, US | ||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||
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| College | Nebraska | ||||
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Adolph Eilert "Ad" Wenke (January 22, 1898 – March 3, 1961) was a player in the National Football League and a state supreme court justice in the state of Nebraska.[1] Of German ancestry,[1] Wenke played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1923 NFL season.[2] Wenke later became an attorney and a judge of the 9th Judicial District Court, and was appointed by Governor Dwight Griswold to serve as a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court, from 1943 until his death in 1961.
References
- 1 2 "German ancestry Politicians in Nebraska". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ↑ "Ad Wenke". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1961 deaths
- American people of German descent
- Milwaukee Badgers players
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
- Justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court
- People from Pender, Nebraska
- 20th-century Nebraska state court judges
- Nebraska state court judge stubs
- American football offensive lineman, 1890s birth stubs