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  • Fred Janke
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  • Fred C. Janke (pronounced yonkee) (April 28, 1917 – January 24, 2009) was an American football player, business executive and politician. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1936 to 1938 and was the captain of the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team under first-year head coach Fritz Crisler. He later became the president and chairman of the board of Hancock Industries. He also served as the mayor his hometown, Jackson, Michigan, in the 1970s.
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Number
  • 66
high school
Team
death place
Name
  • Fred Janke
  • Janke, Fred
Caption
  • Fred Janke, 1938
Height in
  • 1
imagewidth
  • 200
Date of Death
  • 2009-01-24
Weight lbs
  • 205
College
death date
  • 2009-01-24
playing teams
Place of death
playing years
  • 1936
Height ft
  • 6
Career Highlights
  • Captain, 1938 Michigan football team
  • Mayor, Jackson, Michigan, 1976–1979
Position
Date of Birth
  • 1917-04-28
Short Description
  • American mayor
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  • Fred C. Janke (pronounced yonkee) (April 28, 1917 – January 24, 2009) was an American football player, business executive and politician. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1936 to 1938 and was the captain of the 1938 Michigan Wolverines football team under first-year head coach Fritz Crisler. He later became the president and chairman of the board of Hancock Industries. He also served as the mayor his hometown, Jackson, Michigan, in the 1970s.
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