Edgar Henry Lechner (December 14, 1919 – November 5, 2015) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

guard and tackle who played one season with the

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of the

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. He played

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at the

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and attended high school in

Fessenden, North Dakota Fessenden is a city in and the county seat of Wells County, North Dakota, Wells County, North Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1893 and is home of the Wells County Fairgrounds, Wells County Fair. The population was 462 at the 2020 United ...

. Lechner also served during

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with the

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. He was later a dentist and lived in St. Paul until his death in 2015.

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* 1919 births 2015 deaths American football guards Minnesota Golden Gophers football players New York Giants players People from Wells County, North Dakota Players of American football from North Dakota United States Navy personnel of World War II {{Amfoot-bio-stub