Helge Pukema

Helge Emil Pukema (April 8, 1917 – December 20, 2004) was an American football player. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1940 College Football All-America Team.[1][2] He died in Billings Park, Wisconsin, in 2004 at age 87.[3]

Helge Pukema
Personal information
Born:(1917-04-08)April 8, 1917
Bessemer, Michigan, U.S.
Died:December 20, 2004(2004-12-20) (aged 87)
Billings Park, Wisconsin, U.S.
Career information
College:Minnesota
Position:Guard
Career highlights and awards

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
St. Olaf Oles (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1949–1950)
1949 St. Olaf 5–42–47th
1950 St. Olaf 2–62–4T–7th
St. Olaf: 7–104–8
Total:7–10

References

  1. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1181. ISBN 1401337031.
  2. Harry Grayson (November 26, 1940). "NEA Has Harmon and Kimbrough On All-American". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  3. "Helge Emil Pukema". Duluth News Tribune. December 2004.


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