Joe Pondelik

Joe Pondelik
Date of birth (1902-05-08)May 8, 1902
Date of death February 1965 (aged 62)
Career information
Position(s) Guard
College University of Chicago
Career history
As player
1924 Chicago
Career highlights and awards

Joseph Pondelik (May 8, 1902 – February 1965) was an American football player. He played college football for the Chicago Maroons football team of the University of Chicago from 1922 to 1924, and was a consensus first-team selection to the 1924 College Football All-America Team.[1] He was married in 1926 to Margaret Lee, "Miss Chicago of 1924," but the highly-publicized marriage ended in divorce a year later.[2]

References

  1. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  2. "Hectic Aftermath of That All-American Honeymoon: Why the Beautiful "Miss Chicago" Divorced the Burly Football Star Whose Gridiron Tactics Wrecked Their Home and Ruined a "Too-Perfect" Match". The Delmarvia Star, Wilmington, Delaware. April 17, 1927. p. 5 (Magazine Section).
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