Lawrence Ely

Lawrence Ely
Date of birth	July 4, 1911
Place of birth	Wisconsin
Date of death	November 3, 1983 (aged 72)
Place of death	Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	Center
US college	University of Nebraska
Career highlights and awards
	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]

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