Ed Hake

Edward William Hake (April 7, 1904 โ€“ September 12, 1978) was an American football player. A native of Michigan, he played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and was a consensus selection at the tackle position on the 1927 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was also elected as the captain of the 1927 Penn Quakers football team.[2]

Ed Hake
Penn Quakers
PositionTackle
Personal information
Born:(1904-04-07)April 7, 1904
Michigan
Died:September 12, 1978(1978-09-12) (aged 74)
Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Career history
CollegePenn Quakers (1926โ€“1927)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1927)

In 1940, Hake was employed as an insurance broker and was living in Philadelphia with his wife, Celeste, and their son, Tucker.[3] He died of a heart attack, on September 12, 1978, in Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, at the age of 74.[4][5]

References

  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. "Hake Elected Captain of 1927 Penn Eleven". The Cornell Daily Sun. November 26, 1926.
  3. 1940 U.S. Census entry for Edward W. Hake, age 35, born in Michigan. Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3704; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 51-572. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line].
  4. "Edward W. Hake". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 14, 1978. p. 4B. Retrieved July 21, 2022 โ€“ via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Edward Hake, last residence 18074 Perkiomenville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, born 7 Apr 1904, died September 1978, SSN issued Pennsylvania (Before 1951).
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