Ad Wenke Explained

Ad Wenke
Position:Offensive tackle
Birth Date:22 January 1898
Birth Place:Pender, Nebraska, US
Death Place:Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:220
College:Nebraska
Pastteams:
Statlabel1:Games played
Statvalue1:12
Pfr:WenkAd20

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, 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: German ancestry Politicians in Nebraska. The Political Graveyard. 10 August 2013.
  2. Web site: Ad Wenke. Pro-Football-Reference.com. 2011-01-11.