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per the STrib:
Edgar Lechner played on two Minnesota Gopher football teams that won national championships in the 1940s, and even played a year of pro football.
But he was just as passionate about dentistry.
Lechner, a St. Paul resident who’d long had a dental practice in Highland Park, died Nov. 5. He was 95.
Lechner went to the University of Minnesota, studying in a pre-med track. But football beckoned, too. At the time, the Gophers were coached by the legendary Bernie Bierman, who had led the team to national titles in 1934, 1935 and 1936. In 1939, Lechner signed on to play tackle, both on offense and defense as was common then.
http://www.startribune.com/obituary...dentist-and-gophers-football-great/357251131/
Go Gophers!!
Edgar Lechner played on two Minnesota Gopher football teams that won national championships in the 1940s, and even played a year of pro football.
But he was just as passionate about dentistry.
Lechner, a St. Paul resident who’d long had a dental practice in Highland Park, died Nov. 5. He was 95.
Lechner went to the University of Minnesota, studying in a pre-med track. But football beckoned, too. At the time, the Gophers were coached by the legendary Bernie Bierman, who had led the team to national titles in 1934, 1935 and 1936. In 1939, Lechner signed on to play tackle, both on offense and defense as was common then.
http://www.startribune.com/obituary...dentist-and-gophers-football-great/357251131/
Go Gophers!!