Clayton Tonnemaker
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Ogilvie, Minnesota, U.S.
St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
 Tonnemaker while playing at Minnesota, c. 1940s | |||||||||
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| Positions | Center, linebacker | ||||||||
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| Born | June 8, 1928 Ogilvie, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died | December 25, 1996 (aged 68) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 237 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Edison (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||||||||
| College | Minnesota | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1950: 1st round, 4th overall pick | ||||||||
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Frank Clayton "Clayt" Tonnemaker (June 8, 1928 – December 25, 1996) was an American professional football player who was a center and linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1950 to 1954. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, earning consensus All-American honors at center in 1949. In 1980, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Tonnemaker, weighing in at 11 pounds, was born on June 8, 1928, on a farm near Ogilvie, Minnesota, to Anna Nelson and Frank Clayton Tonnemaker. After his father died when Clayton was 7, he and his mother and sister, Lucille, sold their farm at auction and moved to the town of Rush City, Minnesota. The family later moved to Northeast Minneapolis, and Clayton attended Edison High School.