Edward William Hake (April 7, 1904 – September 12, 1978) was an

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player. A native of

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, he played college football at the

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and was a consensus selection at the tackle position on the

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. He was also elected as the captain of the 1927 Penn Quakers football team. In 1940, Hake was employed as an insurance broker and was living in

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with his wife, Celeste, and their son, Tucker. He died of a heart attack, on September 12, 1978, in

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, at the age of 74.Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 atabase on-line Edward Hake, last residence 18074 Perkiomenville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA, born 7 Apr 1904, died September 1978, SSN issued Pennsylvania (Before 1951).

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