Adolph Eilert "Ad" Wenke (January 22, 1898 – March 3, 1961) was a player in the

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and a

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justice in the state of

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. Of German ancestry, Wenke played

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for the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He played with the

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during the

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. 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

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, from 1943 until his death in 1961.

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* 1898 births 1961 deaths American people of German descent Milwaukee Badgers players Nebraska Cornhuskers football players Justices of the Nebraska Supreme Court People from Pender, Nebraska 20th-century American judges {{Nebraska-state-judge-stub