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{{Short description|American football player (1907–1977)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image       = Erny Pinckert 1943.jpg
| caption     = Pinckert, circa 1943
| number      = 11
| position    = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|1908|5|1}}
| birth_place = [[Medford, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1977|8|30|1907|5|1}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 0
| weight_lb   = 197
| high_school = [[San Bernardino High School|San Bernardino (CA)]]
| college     = [[USC Trojans football|Southern California]]
| teams       =
* [[Washington Redskins|Boston Braves / Boston Redskins / Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|1932}}–{{NFL Year|1940}})
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 97
| statlabel2  = Starts
| statvalue2  = 72
| statlabel3  = Total offensive yards
| statvalue3  = 927
| statlabel4  = [[Interception]]s
| statvalue4  = 2
| statlabel5  = [[Touchdown]]s
| statvalue5  = 3
| pfr         = PincEr20
| highlights  =
* [[List of NFL champions (1920–69)|NFL champion]] ([[1937 NFL Championship Game|1937]])
* 2× [[Pro Bowl]] (1938, 1939)
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1931 USC Trojans football team|1931]])
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1930 College Football All-America Team|1930]])
* First-team All-American ([[1931 College Football All-America Team|1931]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-PCC]] ([[1930 All-Pacific Coast football team|1930]], [[1931 All-Pacific Coast football team|1931]])
| CollegeHOF  = 1573
}}

'''William Ernest Pinckert''' (May 1, 1908 – August 30, 1977) was an [[American football]] [[halfback (American football)|halfback]]. He played [[college football]] at the [[University of Southern California]] (USC) under head coach [[Howard Jones (American football coach)|Howard Jones]]. Pinckert played professionally in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from 1932 to 1940 with the [[Washington Redskins|Boston Braves/Redskins]], who then moved to [[Washington, D.C.]] Pinckert was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1957.

==Early life==
A younger brother of astrologer [[Jeane Dixon]], Pinckert and his nine siblings were the children of Richard Franz Pinckert, a native of [[Gräfenhainichen]], [[Wittenberg (district)|Wittenberg]], 
[[Saxony-Anhalt]], and his wife, Luise Johanne Emma ({{nee}} Graefe), both Roman Catholics.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}

==College career==
Pinckert was consensus selection on the [[1930 College Football All-America Team]]. [[Tommy Trojan]], officially known as the Trojan Shrine was based on a variety of USC football players, including [[Russ Saunders]] and Pinckert. The lower half in particular is based on Ernie Pinckert.<ref name=USC>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/trads/usc-tommy.html |title=University of Southern California Official Athletic Site - Traditions |access-date=June 6, 2017 |archive-date=May 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526044339/http://www.usctrojans.com/trads/usc-tommy.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Professional career==
Pinckert played in the NFL between 1932 and 1940 for the Boston Braves and the [[Washington Redskins]].

==Death==
Pinckert died on August 30, 1977, at his home in the [[West Los Angeles]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Erny Pinckhert, USC Star in 1930-31, Is Dead at 69 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113641941/the-los-angeles-times/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] |date=August 31, 1977 |page=9, part II |access-date=November 25, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pinckhert (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113642002/the-los-angeles-times/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |location=[[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]] |date=August 31, 1977 |page=10, part II |access-date=November 25, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1573}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl=ernie-pinckert |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=P/PincEr20 |rotoworld= }}

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[[Category:American football halfbacks]]
[[Category:Boston Braves (NFL) players]]
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[[Category:All-American college football players]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:People from Medford, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Players of American football from San Bernardino, California]]
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