Helge Pukema
| Position: | Guard |
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Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | April 8, 1917 |
| Place of birth: | Bessemer, Michigan |
| Date of death: | December 20, 2004 (age 87) |
| Place of death: | Billings Park, Wisconsin |
| Career information | |
| College: | Minnesota |
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Helge Emil Pukema (April 8, 1917 - December 20, 2004) was an American football player. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[1][2] He died in Billings Park, Wisconsin, in 2004 at age 87.[3]
References
- ↑ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1181. ISBN 1401337031.
- ↑ Harry Grayson (1940-11-26). "NEA Has Harmon and Kimbrough On All-American". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
- ↑ "Helge Emil Pukema". Duluth News Tribune. December 2004.