Lawrence S. Ely (July 4, 1911 – November 3, 1983) was an American football player. He was born in Wisconsin and raised in Nelson and Grand Island, Nebraska.1920 U.S. Census entry for Lawrence Ely, age 8, born Wisconsin, resident of Nelson. Census Place: Nelson, Nuckolls, Nebraska; Roll: T625_998; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 165; Image: 1037. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line].1930 U.S. Census entry for Lawrence S. Ely, age 18, born Wisconsin, resident of Grand Island. Census Place: Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska; Roll: 1282; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0015; Image: 387.0; FHL microfilm: 2341017. Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. He played college football at the center position for the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team and was selected by the Associated Press, Collier's Weekly (chosen by Grantland Rice), and the All-America Board, as a first-team player on the 1932 College Football All-America Team. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
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