86 Days Until Gameday - #8 Boyd County, Nebraska

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• Population ~1,675 (2025)
• License Plate prefix #63
• Established in 1891 and named after James E. Boyd, Nebraska’s Governor at the time (7th Governor of Nebraska).
• Approximately 544 square miles.
• Butte is the county seat of Boyd County.
• During the 2020 census, there was 1,226 housing units (houses, townhomes, apartments, etc) and roughly 32% of them were vacant.
• 35% of the households had 1 person. 20% of the households was 1 person older than 65 living alone.
• Boyd County has no towns or cities, only villages and townships.
• Boyd County is home to 4 ghost towns.
• Monowi, NE is the least populated village in the United States, with a population of 1.
• Anoka, NE had a population of 10 in the 2020 census.
• Gross, NE had a population of 3 in the 2020 census.

• John Pucelik – G 1919-1921, Spencer, NE.

• William Forbes – Born in Anoka. Regent to UCLA in the ‘60’s.
• George Wagner – AKA Gorgeous George. Professional wrestler in the ‘40’s and ‘50’s. Member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and WWE Hall of Fame. Boxer Muhammad Ali and Singer James Brown both attributed their flamboyant self-promotions to the influence from George Wagner.
• Tim Walz – Current Minnesota Governor. Graduated from Butte HS in 1982.

• From Spencer, NE.
• Wore #11
• Played for Head Coach Henry Schulte and Head Coach Fred Dawson.
• All-American Guard in 1921. Also played on the defensive line.
• All-Missouri Valley Conference Guard in 1921.
• 1921 Missouri Valley Conference Champion with a 7-1 record, outscoring opponents 283-17.
• Records do not have a listed height but he was approximately 210 lbs.
• Declared ineligible from future student activities after having played in a professional football game with Husker teammate Clarence Swanson in Sioux City, Iowa in 1922. Ironically, Swanson had graduated in December and Pucelik was graduating in the Spring and both were already out of eligibility.
• Distinguished honor of being the only football player from Boyd County in Husker history.

KolacheKing said:

Nobody around here claims Tim Walz, lol.

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