# Erwin Gehrke

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{{Short description|American football player (1898–1966)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography  
| name = Erwin Gehrke
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1898|4|25}} 
| birth_place = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio), [Ohio](/source/Ohio)
| death_date = June 8, 1966<ref>''Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007''</ref>
| death_place = [Fairfield, Ohio](/source/Fairfield%2C_Ohio)
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lbs = 190
| position = [Fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)), [Halfback](/source/Halfback_(American_football)), [Quarterback](/source/Quarterback)
| college = [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University)
| teams = *[Boston Bulldogs](/source/Boston_Bulldogs_(AFL)) (1926)
}}
'''Erwin Lawrence Gehrke'''<ref>''Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973''</ref> (April 25, 1898 &ndash;  June 8, 1966) was a [professional](/source/Professional_sports) [football](/source/American_football) [fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)), [halfback](/source/halfback_(American_football)), and [quarterback](/source/quarterback) in the [first American Football League](/source/American_Football_League_(1926)). In his one-season career he played for the [Boston Bulldogs](/source/Boston_Bulldogs_(AFL)) in [1926](/source/1926_American_Football_League_season).

Prior to joining the AFL, Gehrke played [college football](/source/college_football) at [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) in [Boston, Massachusetts](/source/Boston%2C_Massachusetts). While at Harvard, Erwin also played [baseball](/source/baseball) for the school.

His parents, Hermann and Augusta Gerken, were German emigrants.<ref>''1900 United States Federal Census''</ref>

==References==
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== External links==
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1922/06/23/archives/yale-nine-defeats-harvard-by-7-to-3-elis-score-all-their-runs-in.html Yale Nine Defeats Harvard 7-3]

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Category:1898 births
Category:1966 deaths
Category:Players of American football from Cleveland
Category:American football fullbacks
Category:American football halfbacks
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Harvard Crimson baseball players
Category:Harvard Crimson football players
Category:Boston Bulldogs (AFL) players
Category:American people of German descent

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