Wally Hilgenberg
American football player
1942 – 2008
Who was Wally Hilgenberg?
Walter Hilgenberg was a professional American football player.
Hilgenberg was born in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1942. His family moved to Wilton where he grew up and graduated from Wilton High School. He attended the University of Iowa, where he starred on both sides of the line of scrimmage, as a linebacker and as a guard. He played 16 seasons in the National Football League, with the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings.
In 1964, he was drafted in the fourth round by the Lions. In 1968, he was traded from the Lions to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was waived before ever playing a game in Pittsburgh. After being waived by the Steelers, Hilgenberg was picked up off waivers by the Vikings, for whom he played until he retired after the 1979 season. During that time, he was one of 10 players to play in all four of the Vikings Super Bowl appearances.
Hilgenberg's daughter Kristi Hilgenberg was Miss Minnesota Teen USA 1998.
Hilgenberg died on September 23, 2008, after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease for several years.
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- Born
- Sep 19, 1942
Marshalltown - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Iowa
- Lived in
- Marshalltown
- Died
- Sep 23, 2008
Lakeville
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on July 23, 2013
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