Overall
Kentucky
Record:
15
-
3
Years
Coached:
1925-26
(1
season)
Date
of
Birth:
January
12,
1899
Date
of
Death:
April
6,
1974
Alma
Mater:
Minnesota
[1924]
| Season | Won | Lost | Final Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925-26 | 15 | 3 | - | - |
Obituary:
Minneapolis
Star
Ray Eklund Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Ray Eklund, a star football end at Minnesota in the early 1920s, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Henry W. Anderson Mortuary, 3640 23rd Av. S. Burial will be at Fort Snelling.
Eklund, 75, a teammate of the late Earl Martineau, 1923 All-American, died Monday at the Veteran's Hospital in St. Cloud. He also lettered in basketball and baseball with the Gophers.
Obituary - Minneapolis Star Tribune April 11, 1974
Funeral for Eklund
Funeral services for Ray Eklund, 75, will be held at the Henry Anderson Mortuary, 3640 23d Av. S., at 1 p.m. today.
Eklund
was
one
of
the
University
of
Minnesota
football
and
basketball
stars
in
the
early
1920s.
At
a
time
when
the
duty
of
the
"backguard"
in
basketball
was
to
bounce
opposing
forwards
into
the
seats
Eklund
was
the
best
in
the
Big
Ten
at
that
delightful
duty.
He
played
end,
both
ways,
for
the
Gophers
in
the
same
physical
manner.