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{{Short description|American football player (1923–1990)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Ed Ecker
| image         = Ed Ecker Green Bay Packers.jpg
| number        = 55, 75, 22, 46
| position      = [[Tackle (gridiron football position)|Tackle]] <br> [[Defensive tackle]]
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1923|1|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Cleveland, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1990|1|4|1923|1|21|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Burbank, California]], U.S.
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 7
| weight_lb     = 306
| high_school   = [[Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)|Cleveland (OH) St. Ignatius]]
| college       = [[John Carroll Blue Streaks|John Carroll]]
| undraftedyear = 1945
| pastteams     =
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1947|1949}})
* [[Chicago Rockets]] (1948)
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1950|1951}})
* [[Washington Commanders|Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1952}})
| statleague    = NFL/AAFC 
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 48
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 11
| statlabel3    = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3    = 2
| pfr           = EckeEd20 
}}

'''Enrique Edward Ecker''' (January 21, 1923 &ndash; January 4, 1990), most commonly known as '''Ed Ecker''', was an [[American football]] player who was a [[tackle (American and Canadian football)|tackle]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) and [[All-America Football Conference]] (AAFC) for seven seasons during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played [[college football]] for [[John Carroll University]], and signed with the NFL's [[Chicago Bears]] in 1946 and played parts of four seasons. He also played for the AAFC's [[Chicago Rockets]] in 1948, and the NFL's [[Green Bay Packers]] in 1950 and 1951. He finished his career with the NFL's [[Washington Redskins]] in 1952. In his seven-season pro career, he played in 60 regular season games. He was the largest player in the NFL during that time. As was typical of his era of football, he played on both offense and defense.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EckeEd20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com|title=Ed Ecker|accessdate=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

==Acting career==

Because of his size and imposing presence, Ecker also acted. For instance, he played an arsonist in the [[Peter Gunn]] TV series (season 1, episode 12, aired December 8, 1958, titled "The Torch").

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=ECK323004 |ESPN= |cfl= |cbs= |si= |yahoo= |pfr=EckeEd20 }}

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[[Category:1923 births]]
[[Category:1990 deaths]]
[[Category:American football offensive tackles]]
[[Category:Chicago Bears players]]
[[Category:Chicago Rockets players]]
[[Category:Green Bay Packers players]]
[[Category:Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland) alumni]]
[[Category:Washington Redskins players]]
[[Category:John Carroll Blue Streaks football players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Cleveland]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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