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| Position | Tackle | ||||
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| Born | January 22, 1898 Pender, Nebraska, US | ||||
| Died | March 3, 1961 (aged 63) Lincoln, Nebraska, US | ||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||
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| College | Nebraska | ||||
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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. Of German ancestry, Wenke played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[citation needed] He played with the Milwaukee Badgers during the 1923 NFL season. 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.[citation needed]