title: Helge Pukema
text: # Helge Pukema
  
  Helge Emil Pukema (April 8, 1917 – December 20, 2004) was an American football player. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association as a first-team guard on the 1940 College Football All-America Team. He died in Billings Park, Wisconsin, in 2004 at age 87.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | St. Olaf Oles (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1949–1950) ||||||
  | 1949 | St. Olaf | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7th |
  | 1950 | St. Olaf | 2–6 | 2–4 | T–7th |
  | St. Olaf: | St. Olaf: | 7–10 | 4–8 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 7–10 | | |
  