Lawrence Ely Explained

Lawrence Ely
Position1:	Center
Birth Date:	July 4, 1911
Birth Place:	Wisconsin
Death Date:	November 3, 1983 (aged 72)
Death Place:	Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
College:	University of Nebraska
Playing Team1:	Nebraska
Career Highlights:	First-team All-American (1932) First-team All-Big Six (1932) 2× Second-team All-Big Six (1930, 1931)

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]

Notes and References

1. 1920 U.S. Census entry for Lawrence Ely, age 8, born Wisconsin, resident of Nelson. Census Place: Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska; Roll: T625_998; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 1037. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
2. 1930 U.S. Census entry for Lawrence S. Ely, age 18, born Wisconsin, resident of Grand Island. Census Place: Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska; Roll: 1282; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 387.0; FHL microfilm: 2341017. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
3. News: Four Midwest Stars Voted Places on 1932 All-American Football Team. Evening Independent. Masillon, Ohio. 1932-12-03.
4. News: Big Ten Gets Two Players On Rice's All American. Evening Tribune. MN. 1932-12-16.
5. News: Christy Walsh. All America Board Honors Capt. Bob Smith of Colgate. Syracuse Herald. 1932-12-11.
6. Web site: Lawrence Ely. University of Nebraska. Huskers.com.