Howard Whitman "Duke" Slater (March 9, 1903 – March 18, 1964) was a

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in the National Football League. He played with the

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during the

1926 NFL season The 1926 NFL season was the seventh regular season of the National Football League. The league grew to 22 teams, a figure that would not be equaled in professional football until 1961, adding the Brooklyn Lions, the Hartford Blues, the Los Ange ...

. Slater was born in

Deer Park, Washington Deer Park is a city in Spokane County, Washington. The population was 3,652 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 3,017 in 2000. History North of Spokane, the city of Deer Park was officially incorporated on June 24, 1908. Deer Park got it ...

, in 1903. He attended Deer Park High School where he was captain of the football team. He next attended Washington State University where he played at the fullback position for the football team. He was captain of the 1924 Washington State team and received honorable mention from Walter Camp on the 1924 All-America college football team. Slater played professional football in the NFL. He played at the fullback position for the Milwaukee Badgers, appearing in every minute of every game during the 1926 season. After his football career ended, Slater worked in the petroleum industry. He lived in Minneapolis starting in approximately 1949. He died in Minneapolis in 1964 at age 61.

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People from Deer Park, Washington Players of American football from Spokane County, Washington Milwaukee Badgers players American football fullbacks Washington State Cougars football players 1903 births 1964 deaths {{runningback-1900s-stub