Date of birth | July 4, 1911 |
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Place of birth | Wisconsin |
Date of death | November 3, 1983 (aged 72) |
Place of death | Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
US college | University of Nebraska |
Career highlights and awards | |
Lawrence S. Ely (July 4, 1911 – November 3, 1983) was an American football player. He was born in Wisconsin and raised in Nelson and Grand Island, Nebraska. [1] [2] He played college football at the center position for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and was selected by the Associated Press, [3] Collier's Weekly (chosen by Grantland Rice), [4] and the All-America Board, [5] as a first-team player on the 1932 College Football All-America Team. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974. [6]
Date of birth | July 4, 1911 |
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Place of birth | Wisconsin |
Date of death | November 3, 1983 (aged 72) |
Place of death | Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Center |
US college | University of Nebraska |
Career highlights and awards | |
Lawrence S. Ely (July 4, 1911 – November 3, 1983) was an American football player. He was born in Wisconsin and raised in Nelson and Grand Island, Nebraska. [1] [2] He played college football at the center position for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and was selected by the Associated Press, [3] Collier's Weekly (chosen by Grantland Rice), [4] and the All-America Board, [5] as a first-team player on the 1932 College Football All-America Team. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974. [6]