Helge Pukema

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
2× National champion (1940, 1941) First-team All-American (1940) Second-team All-Big Ten (1941)

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 (NEA) 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]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
St. Olaf Oles (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1949–1950)
1949	St. Olaf	5–4	2–4	7th
1950	St. Olaf	2–6	2–4	T–7th
St. Olaf:		7–10	4–8
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.