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Position: | End | ||||||||||
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Born: | Nekoosa, Wisconsin, U.S. | July 4, 1912||||||||||
Died: | January 27, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 89)||||||||||
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High school: | Nekoosa | ||||||||||
College: | Northwestern | ||||||||||
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Edgar John "Eggs" Manske (July 4, 1912 – January 27, 2002) was an American professional football player who was an end for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Manske was the last college football player to play without a helmet.[1] Manske played in two NFL championship games with the Chicago Bears, including the historic 1940 NFL Championship Game, a 73–0 victory over the Washington Redskins.