Helmut F Fritz Johann BROCKMAN

BROCKMAN, HELMUT F: Athletic Director; b Otoe Co, Neb Oct 2, 1907; s of Henry F Brockman-Wilhelmina Gollner; ed Cass Co; Elmwood HS; PSTC, BA 1936; playground supvr Peru Prep Sch 1928-30; capt football team, 1929; all-state tackle 1927-29; all-state forward 1929, all-state center 1930; football, basketball & track letterman 4 years; won Swenson Award 1930; Northwestern U summer 1937; U of N summer 1939; Beta Beta Beta, VP 1929-30; Philomathean; Phi Lambda Alpha; m Lucille Irene Oeschger Dec 31, 1931 Valparaiso; d Beverly Ann; 1930-31 prin & coach Valparaiso HS, Saunders Co baseball & basketball champions; 1931-34 athletic dir Edgar HS, 1932 football team undefeated & scored against only once, a field goal of 3 points, S Neb champions; 1934- athletic dir Ord HS, undefeated 4 years, victorious in 41 consecutive games of football & basketball, won 95 games & lost 21 in 5 year period; Loup Valley & Mid-Six football & track champions 1935-38; won basketball championship 1936 & 1937 in Mid-Six, 4 years in Loup Valley; Ord football team 2nd in state in 1939; pentathlon track champion of Neb 1937, placed 2nd 1938; won Hastings relays. 1938, placed 2nd 1939; NSTA; Neb. Physical Edn Assn; Neb Industrial Arts Tchrs; Cosmopolitan Club; Ord Golf Club; Meth Ch; hobbies, fishing, hunting; res 215 S 21st, Ord,

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The Gymnasium & Track Relay named for him.

Hall of Fame Illionis.

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BROCKMAN, Helmut F.; b: 2Oct1907, Elmwood, Nebraska; d: 18Jan1981, Jacksonville, Il; bu: Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, Il.; m: Lucille Oeschger on 31Dec1931 in Valparaiso, Neb.; fa: Henry Brockman; mo: Wilhelmina Gollner. Survived by his wife; a daughter: Mrs. Phillip (Beverly) Decker of Jacksonville; two grandsons: Kurt and Paul Decker; a sister: Ellanora Fisher of Downey, Calif.; two brothers: Everett of Elmwood, Neb., and Fred of Salina, Kans. Preceded by three brothers and four sisters.

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