Clarence Hockenberger | |
Birth Date: | February 6, 1885 |
Birth Place: | Union Hill, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.[1] |
College: | Yale |
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Playing Years1: | 1905–1906 |
Clarence William Hockenberger (February 6, 1885 - October 29, 1923) was an American football player. He played at the center position for Yale University in 1905 and 1906. He first-team honors on the 1906 All-America college football team by The New York Times, New York World, New York Sun, and New York Mail.[2] [3] [4] [5] Hockenberger played football at Andover before enrolling at Yale.[6]
After leaving Yale, Hockenberger lived in Rochester, New York, and became a successful lumberman. While visiting Cape Girardeau, Missouri to build a mill, he became ill and died of peritonitis at age 38 after undergoing an operation.[7] [8]