Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
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The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is a promenade in downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

, dedicated to honoring distinguished members of Wisconsin's sports history
Sports in Wisconsin
Wisconsin sports includes numerous professional and amateur sporting teams, events, and venues located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.-Professional teams:...

. New members are honored at a biennial banquet
Banquet
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.

History

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

 was created in 1951 by the Milwaukee Arena (now U.S. Cellular Arena
U.S. Cellular Arena
U.S. Cellular Arena is an indoor arena, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

). It was created to "honor outstanding sports figures whose achievements earned them special acclaim." The hall of fame inducts new members every two years when it holds an induction ceremony to reveal a large bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...

 plaque
Commemorative plaque
A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical surface, and bearing text in memory of an important figure or event...

 immortalizing each inductee. The plaques were originally available only to paying customers at the Milwaukee Arena.

The Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation (WSDC) became the owner of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. For the 50th anniversary in 2001, the WSDC constructed a Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame outside of the U.S. Cellular Arena
U.S. Cellular Arena
U.S. Cellular Arena is an indoor arena, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

 in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...

. The bronze plaques are on permanent display for visitors.

Inductees

See footnotes

There are almost 130 people inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. Inductees come from a variety of sports, including auto racing, football, basketball, water skiing, bowling, baseball, and bicycling, and various Olympic sports. The nominee committee consists of WSDC board members, Wisconsin media, and current Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame members. In 2002 WSDC began a program where it invited the people of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

 to vote for an inductee into the Hall of Fame. Fuzzy Thurston, a former six-time world champion Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

 football player, received the most votes.

A
  • Hank Aaron (1988)
  • Ned Allis (1956)
  • Alan Ameche
    Alan Ameche
    Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche , nicknamed "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League after winning the Heisman Trophy in college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first...

     * (1967)
  • Barry Alvarez
    Barry Alvarez
    Barry Alvarez is a former American football player and coach and currently the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons from 1990 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 118–73–4...

     (2009)


B
  • Tommy Bartlett
    Tommy Bartlett
    Thomson "Tommy" Bartlett was an American showman and entertainment mogul from Wisconsin. He is most often associated with the water skiing thrill show based in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, known as Tommy Bartlett's Thrill Show. The success of this and other traveling water ski shows led to...

     * (2003)
  • Ginger Beaumont
    Ginger Beaumont
    Clarence Howeth "Ginger" Beaumont was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who spent most of his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves . He was born in Rochester, Wisconsin, and attended Beloit College...

     * (1951)
  • Fred Beel * (1972)
  • Dick Bennett
    Dick Bennett
    Dick Bennett is an American college basketball coach who is best known for revitalizing the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program...

     (2007)

  • Ray Berres
    Ray Berres
    Raymond Frederick Berres was an American catcher and pitching coach in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates , Boston Bees/Braves and New York Giants...

      * (1999)
  • Lisle Blackbourn
    Lisle Blackbourn
    Lisle "Liz" Blackbourn was an American football coach who was the third head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He coached the Packers from 1954 to 1957....

     * (1978)
  • Bonnie Blair
    Bonnie Blair
    Bonnie Kathleen Blair is a retired American speedskater. She is one of the top skaters of her time, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, and in her Olympic career won five gold medals and one bronze medal.-Career:Blair...

     (1995)
  • Fritz Breidster
    Fritz Breidster
    Waldemar "Fritz" Breidster was an American football player who played college football for the United States Military Academy at West Point....

     (1979)

  • Terry Brennan
    Terry Brennan
    Terence Patrick Brennan is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame from 1954 to 1958, compiling a record of 32–18.-Early life and playing career:...

     (1981)
  • Junior Bridgeman
    Junior Bridgeman
    Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman is a retired American basketball player.Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Bridgeman was a member of the 1971 East Chicago Washington High School Senators basketball team, which went undefeated and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship...

     (1999)
  • Cub Buck
    Cub Buck
    Howard Pierce Buck was a professional American football player who played offensive tackle for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Buck was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1977...

     (1955)
  • John Day Buckstaff (1960)

C
  • Tony Canadeo
    Tony Canadeo
    Anthony Robert "Tony" Canadeo was a professional football player, a halfback and quarterback for the NFL's Green Bay Packers from 1941 to 1944 and 1946 to 1952, having missed the 1945 season while serving in the United States Army during World War II.Born and raised in Chicago, Tony Canadeo...

     * (1973)
  • Connie Carpenter (2001)
  • Cecil Cooper
    Cecil Cooper
    Cecil Celester Cooper , nicknamed "Coop," is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the Houston Astros. From through , Cooper played for the Boston Red Sox and Milwaukee Brewers...

     (2007)


D
  • Willie Davis
    Willie Davis
    Willie Davis may refer to:*Willie Davis , American football defensive end*Willie Davis , American football wide receiver*Willie Davis *Wee Willie Davis, US film actor...

     (1988)
  • Chuck Daw * (1951)
  • LaVern Dilweg
    Lavern Dilweg
    LaVern "Lavvie" Ralph Dilweg was an American football player, official, lawyers, and politician.Dilweg was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 11, 1903. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee in 1927, and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar the same year. While at...

     * (1967)
  • Janis Doleschal (1999)
  • Gus Dorais
    Gus Dorais
    Charles Emile "Gus" Dorais was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a quarterback at the University of Notre Dame, where he was an All-American in 1913, and then professionally with the Fort Wayne Friars and Massillon Tigers...

     * (1955)
  • Red Dunn * (1957)


F
  • Chuck Fenske (1970)
  • Jim Fitzgerald
    Jim Fitzgerald
    James F. Fitzgerald is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as a former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Golden State Warriors, both NBA teams.-Early life:...

     (1999)
  • Harold E. Foster * (1970)


G
  • Jim Gantner
    Jim Gantner
    James Elmer Gantner was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers .-Background:...

     (2005)
  • Don Gehrmann (1981)
  • Earl Gillespie
    Earl Gillespie
    Earl W. Gillespie was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1963....

     * (2001)
  • Charles Goldenberg
    Charles Goldenberg
    Charles R. "Buckets" Goldenberg was an American football player. He is often credited as the originator of the draw play....

     * (1973)
  • Burleigh Grimes
    Burleigh Grimes
    Burleigh Arland Grimes was an American professional baseball player, and the last pitcher officially permitted to throw the spitball. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964.-Career:Nicknamed "Ol' Stubblebeard", Grimes was...

     * (1954)
  • Charlie Grimm
    Charlie Grimm
    Charles John Grimm , nicknamed "Jolly Cholly", was a first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his years with the Chicago Cubs; he was also a sometime radio broadcaster, and a popular goodwill ambassador for baseball...

     * (1978)


H
  • Archie Hahn
    Archie Hahn
    Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century....

     * (1959)
  • Pat Harder
    Pat Harder
    Marlin M. "Pat" Harder was a college and professional football player, playing fullback and kicker. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993....

     * (1976)
  • Bob Harlan
    Bob Harlan
    Robert E. "Bob" Harlan is the former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Green Bay Packers, an American professional football team. He is a graduate of Marquette University, where he was the Sports Information Director for many years...

     (2009)
  • Joe Hauser
    Joe Hauser
    Joseph John "Unser Choe" Hauser is a former professional baseball player who played first baseman in the major leagues from 1922–1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians...

     * (1967)
  • Beth Heiden-Reid
    Beth Heiden
    Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...

     (2005)

  • Eric Heiden
    Eric Heiden
    Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...

     (1990)
  • Arnie Herber
    Arnie Herber
    Arnold "Arnie" Charles Herber was a professional American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants. He was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966...

     * (1967)
  • Bernard Heselton
    Bernard Heselton
    Bernard "Bernie" E. Heselton was an American football coach in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1938 to 1964. During his career, Heselton won six Midwest Conference championships, including the first in his initial season...

     * (1981)
  • Clarke Hinkle
    Clarke Hinkle
    William Clarke Hinkle was a professional American football player for the Green Bay Packers. Wearing # 30, he played Tailback and Linebacker from 1932 to 1941....

     * (1951)

  • Elroy Hirsch
    Elroy Hirsch
    Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch was an American football running back and receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Rockets, nicknamed for his unusual running style.-Early life:...

     * (1964)
  • Diane Holum (1993)
  • Paul Hornung
    Paul Hornung
    Paul Vernon Hornung is a retired Hall of Fame professional football player who played for the Green Bay Packers from 1957-66...

     (1990)
  • Don Hutson
    Don Hutson
    Donald Montgomery Hutson was the first star wide receiver in National Football League history. He is considered by many to have been the first modern receiver....

     * (1951)

J
  • Dan Jansen
    Dan Jansen
    Daniel Erwin Jansen is a former speed skater, best known for winning a gold medal in his final Olympic race after suffering through years of heartbreak. He graduated from West Allis Central High School....

     (1995)
  • Conrad M. Jennings * (1958)
  • "Badger Bob" Johnson * (1993)
  • Mark Johnson (2003)
  • Davy Jones
    Davy Jones (baseball)
    David Jefferson "Davy" Jones , nicknamed "Kangaroo", was an outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played fifteen seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Browns, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, and Pittsburgh Rebels...

     (1963)
  • Thomas E. Jones, Sr. * (1953)
  • Addie Joss
    Addie Joss
    Adrian Joss was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire nine-year baseball career for the Cleveland Bronchos/Naps .-Early life:...

     * (1951)


K
  • Ken Keltner
    Ken Keltner
    Kenneth Frederick Keltner was an American professional baseball player. He played almost his entire Major League Baseball career as a third baseman with the Cleveland Indians, until his final season when he played 13 games for the Boston Red Sox. He batted and threw right-handed...

      * (1970)
  • Herb Kohl
    Herb Kohl
    Herbert H. "Herb" Kohl is the senior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin and a member of the Democratic Party. He is also a philanthropist and the owner of the Milwaukee Bucks National Basketball Association team...

     (2007)
  • Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Kuenn
    Harvey Edward Kuenn was an American player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , San Francisco Giants , Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies . He batted and threw right-handed...

     * (1988)
  • Leroy Kemp
    Leroy Kemp
    Leroy P. Kemp, Jr. was a successful collegiate wrestler and three-time World Champion. He earned a berth on the 1980 Olympic team, but was unable to compete because of the U.S. boycott of the Olympics...

     (2009)

  • Don Kindt
    Don Kindt
    Donald John "Don" Kindt, Sr. was a defensive back and running back for the Chicago Bears from 1947 to 1955.Career Stats:108 Games played, 21 Int, 10 Forced Fumbles, 1 Defensive TD, Rushing; 172 Attempts for 586 Yards and 4 TD, 43 Catches for 506 Yards and 2 TDHe was elected to the Wisconsin...

     (1988)
  • Ed Konetchy
    Ed Konetchy
    Edward Joseph Konetchy , nicknamed "Big Ed" and "The Candy Kid", was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball for a number of teams, primarily in the National League, from to . He played for the St...

     * (1961)
  • Alvin Kraenzlein
    Alvin Kraenzlein
    Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an American athlete. He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games...

     * (1952)

  • Jerry Kramer
    Jerry Kramer
    Gerald Louis "Jerry" Kramer is a former professional football player, author and sports commentator, best remembered for his 11-year NFL career with the Green Bay Packers as an offensive lineman...

     (1993)
  • Joseph J. Krueger * (1981)
  • Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Kulwicki
    Alan Dennis Kulwicki , nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an American NASCAR Winston Cup Series racecar driver. He started racing at local short tracks in Wisconsin before moving up to regional stock car touring series...

     * (1993)

L
  • Curly Lambeau
    Curly Lambeau
    Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was founder, player, and first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team...

     * (1961)
  • Verne Lewellen
    Verne Lewellen
    Verne Lewellen was an American football player. He played most of his nine year career with the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1970. He also was the Packers' General Manager from 1954 through 1957. He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of...

     * (1967)
  • Ed "Strangler" Lewis
    Ed Lewis (wrestler)
    Robert Herman Julius Friedrich , was a professional wrestler best known by his ring name Ed "Strangler" Lewis, whose career spanned four decades.-Wrestling career:...

     * (1951)
  • Vince Lombardi
    Vince Lombardi
    Vincent Thomas "Vince" Lombardi was an American football coach. He is best known as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers during the 1960s, where he led the team to three straight league championships and five in seven years, including winning the first two Super Bowls following the 1966 and...

     * (1976)
  • Fred Luderus
    Fred Luderus
    Frederick William Luderus , is a former professional baseball player who played first base in the Major Leagues from 1909-1920. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs.Luderus was a member of the 1915 Phillies team that won the National League pennant...

     * (1957)


M
  • Carl Marchese
    Carl Marchese
    Carl Marchese was an American racecar driver who competed in the Indianapolis 500. Carl was the Rookie Of the Year winner for the 1929 Indianapolis 500 race. Marchese was later an Indy 500 car entrant and entered his own Marchese chassis in the 1950 and 1951 races...

     (1978)
  • Hank Marino
    Hank Marino
    Enrico "Hank" Marino was one of the world's top bowling champions of the 1930s, with a career lasted half a century.Marino came to Chicago when he was 11 years old and gained prominence on the bowling circuit there before moving to Milwaukee in 1930.Marino originally moved to Milwaukee to open a...

     (1958)
  • Shirley Martin
    Shirley Martin
    Shirley Martin, PC is a former Canadian politician.A businesswoman, Martin was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 federal election as the Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln, Ontario.In 1987, she became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public...

     * (1998)
  • Eddie Mathews
    Eddie Mathews
    Edwin Lee "Eddie" Mathews was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. He is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen ever to play the game.-Early life:...

     * (1976)
  • George McBride
    George McBride
    George Florian "Pinch" McBride is a former shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Washington Senators from 1901 to 1920. He started off with the short-lived Milwaukee Brewers , but he only had 12 at-bats in three games...

     * (1952)
  • Jon McGlocklin
    Jon McGlocklin
    Jon P. McGlocklin is an American former professional basketball player.A sharpshooting 6'5" guard from Indiana University, McGlockin was selected by the Cincinnati Royals in the third round of the 1965 NBA Draft, but he is best known for his 8-season tenure with the Milwaukee Bucks, with whom he...

     (1993)
  • Al McGuire
    Al McGuire
    Al McGuire was the head coach of the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1964 to 1977. He compiled impressive numbers throughout his coaching career, resulting in his induction to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992, and was also well known for his colorful personality.-Early life:He...

     * (1995)

  • Johnny "Blood" McNally
    John McNally
    John Victor "Blood" McNally was an American football player who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-Early life:...

     * (1960)
  • Walter Meanwell
    Walter Meanwell
    Walter E. Meanwell was an English college men's basketball coach in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. The Leeds, England native coached in the U.S...

     * (1954)
  • Buddy Melges
    Buddy Melges
    Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr., is one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships in many different classes, including ice-boating as well as conventional sailing...

     (2007)
  • Dr. Edward Strong Merrill * (1964)
  • John Messmer
    John Messmer
    John Messmer was an American football player and discus thrower for the University of Wisconsin. He was selected as a second-team All-American by Walter Camp in 1908...

     * (1959)
  • Ralph Metcalfe
    Ralph Metcalfe
    Ralph Harold Metcalfe was an African-American athlete and politician who came second to Jesse Owens in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Metcalfe jointly held the world record for the 100 meter sprint. Metcalfe was known as the world’s fastest human from 1932 through 1934...

     * (1951)
  • Mike Michalske
    Mike Michalske
    August Mike Michalske was an American football player and coach. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1964....

     * (1970)

  • Fred Miller * (2007)
  • Richie Mitchell (1951)
  • Paul Molitor
    Paul Molitor
    Paul Leo Molitor , nicknamed "Molly" and "The Ignitor", is an American former Major League Baseball designated hitter and infielder. During his 21-year baseball career, he played for the Milwaukee Brewers , Toronto Blue Jays , and Minnesota Twins...

     (1999)
  • Sidney Moncrief
    Sidney Moncrief
    Sidney A. Moncrief is a retired American professional basketball player. As an NCAA college basketball player from 1975–1979, Moncrief led the University of Arkansas Razorbacks trio known as "The Triplets" to the 1978 Final Four, which ended in a win in the NCAA Consolation Game versus #6 Notre Dame...

     (1998)
  • Arlie Mucks
    Arlie Mucks
    Arlie Max Mucks was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1912 he finished sixth the discus throw event and 15th in the two handed discus throw competition. He was inducted in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964.He died in Oshkosh,...

     * (1964)
  • Frank Murray
    Frank Murray
    Frank J. Murray was an American football and basketball coach. He is one of the few head football coaches to have non-consecutive tenure at the same college or university. Murray was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Marquette:Murray was the 13th head football at the...

     * (1959)

N
  • Ernie Nevers * (1951)
  • Albert Nicholas
    Albert Nicholas
    Albert Nicholas was an American jazz reed player.Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans. Late in the 1910s he played with Buddy Petit, King Oliver, and Manuel Perez...

     (2009)
  • Kid Nichols
    Kid Nichols
    Charles Augustus Nichols , better known as Kid Nichols, was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Admired for his steadfast consistency year-in and year-out, Nichols won 361 games, the 7th highest total in major league history...

     * (1951)
  • Ray Nitschke
    Ray Nitschke
    Raymond Ernest "Ray" Nitschke was a professional football player who played his entire career as a middle linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Wearing #66, he played fifteen seasons, from 1958-72....

     * (1981)
  • Andy North
    Andy North
    Andrew Stewart North is an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the U.S. Open twice.- Early years :North was born in Thorp, Wisconsin, and raised in Monona, Wisconsin...

     (1998)


O
  • Pat O'Dea
    Pat O'Dea
    -External links:* Australian Dictionary of Biography...

     * (1951)
  • Jim Otto
    Jim Otto
    James Edwin Otto is a former Professional Football center for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League.-Wausau High School and University of Miami:...

     (1998)


P
  • Frank Parker
    Frank Parker
    ----Frank "Frankie" Andrew Parker was an American male tennis player. He was coached by Mercer Beasley....

     * (1960)
  • Jane Pettit * (1993)
  • Lloyd Pettit
    Lloyd Pettit
    Lloyd Pettit was a sportscaster in Chicago and Milwaukee as well as the owner of the Milwaukee Admirals.-Early life:Pettit was born in Chicago and moved as a small child to the Milwaukee suburb of Shorewood, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Shorewood High School...

     * (1993)
  • George Poage
    George Poage
    George Coleman Poage was the first African American athlete to win a medal in the Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals at the 1904 games in St...

     * (1998)
  • John Powless
    John Powless
    John D. Powless is a retired American basketball and tennis coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a current player on the international senior tennis circuit.-Background:...

     (2009)


R
  • Hank Raymonds
    Hank Raymonds
    Henry C. 'Hank' Raymonds coached the Marquette University men's basketball team from 1977 to 1983. He also was Athletic Director at Marquette from 1977 to 1987.-Early life:...

     (2005)
  • Vic Reinders (1981)
  • Pat Richter
    Pat Richter
    Hugh Vernon Richter is the former University of Wisconsin–Madison athletic director and American football player. He was responsible for hiring Barry Alvarez from Notre Dame in 1990 as head football coach, restoring the Badgers football program to national prominence.-Playing career:Richter was...

     (1988)
  • Oscar Robertson
    Oscar Robertson
    Oscar Palmer Robertson , nicknamed "The Big O", is a former American NBA player with the Cincinnati Royals and the Milwaukee Bucks...

     (1995)
  • Fred Roethlisberger (1990)
  • Harlan B. "Biddy" Rogers * (1961)
  • Pants Rowland
    Pants Rowland
    Clarence Henry "Pants" Rowland was a Major League Baseball manager for the Chicago White Sox from 1915 through 1918 who went on to become a major figure in minor league baseball. He was born in Platteville, Wisconsin...

     * (1964)


S
  • Walter C. Sanger (1961)
  • Joey Sangor (1967)
  • Dave Schreiner
    Dave Schreiner
    David Nathan "Dave" Schreiner was an American football player. He was a two-time All-American end at Wisconsin and a 1943 draft choice of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was killed in action as a Marine during the Battle of Okinawa. He was elected to the College Football Hall...

     * (1951)
  • Bud Selig
    Bud Selig
    Allan Huber "Bud" Selig is the ninth and current Commissioner of Major League Baseball, having served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998...

     (2001)
  • Al Simmons
    Al Simmons
    Aloysius Harry Simmons , born Aloisius Szymanski in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was an American baseball player. He played for two decades in the major leagues as an outfielder, and had his best years as a member of Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics during the 1930's...

     * (1951)

  • Johnny Sisk
    Johnny Sisk
    Johnny Sisk was a professional American football player who played running back for five seasons for the Chicago Bears....

     (1970)
  • Billy Sixty * (1970)
  • Warren Spahn
    Warren Spahn
    Warren Edward Spahn was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42...

     * (1973)
  • Bart Starr
    Bart Starr
    Bryan Bartlett "Bart" Starr is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971 and head coach from 1975 to 1983, compiling a record of 52–76–3 ....

     (1981)
  • Christian Steinmetz
    Christian Steinmetz
    Christian "Chris" Steinmetz was an American basketball player. He played forward for the University of Wisconsin from 1903 to 1905. He was college basketball's leading scorer in the game's first 25 years from 1895 to 1920...

     * (1957)

  • Robert Stuckert (1990)
  • Billy Sullivan * (1953)
  • Guy Sundt
    Guy Sundt
    -References:...

     * (1958)
  • Judith Sweet (2009)

T
  • Jim Taylor
    Jim Taylor
    James Charles "Jim" Taylor is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League. Taylor played for ten seasons, from 1958-67....

     (2001)
  • Gorman Thomas (2003)
  • George Thompson
    George Thompson (basketball)
    George "Tip" Thompson is a former professional basketball player. A 6'2" guard, he attended Erasmus Hall High School from which he graduated in 1965...

     (2001)
  • Fuzzy Thurston (2003)


U
  • Bob Uecker
    Bob Uecker
    Robert George "Bob" Uecker is an American former Major League Baseball player, later a sportscaster, comedian, and actor. Uecker was given the title of "Mr. Baseball" by Johnny Carson...

     (1998)


W
  • John Walsh * (2005)
  • Mike Webster * (2007)
  • Rollie Williams
    Rollie Williams
    Rolland Franklin "Rollie" Williams was a player in the National Football League for the Racine Legion in 1923. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, also playing baseball and basketball....

     * (1960)
  • Ivy Williamson
    Ivy Williamson
    Ivan B. "Ivy" Williamson was a player and coach of American football and basketball, and a college athletics administrator. He played college football and basketball at the University of Michigan from 1930 to 1932 and was captain of the national champion 1932 Michigan football team...

     * (1973)
  • Red Wilson
    Red Wilson
    Robert James "Red" Wilson was a college football player and Major League Baseball catcher who played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , and Cleveland Indians ....

     (1990)
  • Reggie White
    Reggie White
    Reginald Howard "Reggie" White was a professional American football player. He played 15 seasons as a defensive end in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers, becoming one of the most decorated players in NFL history...

     * (2005)


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  • Robin Yount
    Robin Yount
    Robin R. Yount is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop and center fielder. He spent his entire 20-year baseball career with the Milwaukee Brewers . In 1999, Yount was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.-Early years:Yount was born in Danville, Illinois...

     (1995)


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  • Robert Zuppke
    Robert Zuppke
    Robert Carl Zuppke was an American football coach. He served the head coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1913 until 1941, compiling a career college football record of 131–81–12. Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951, Zuppke coached his...

     * (1951)


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See also

  • Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame
    Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame
    The Wisconsin State Golf Association established a Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame in 1964 to honor distinguished amateurs for their significant contributions to the game of golf in Wisconsin. The five charter members of this elite group, all "legends" who made their "mark" in Wisconsin amateur golf...

  • Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame
    Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame
    The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in Eagle River, Wisconsin, was founded in 1975 and is housed in the Eagle River Sports Arena. The hall was established to honor outstanding individuals responsible for the development, growth and success of amateur ice hockey in the State of...

  • Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
    Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame
    The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame was the first hall of fame built to honor a single professional American football team. After receiving approval from coach Vince Lombardi, William L. Brault, a Green Bay restaurateur and Packers fan, founded the Hall of Fame in 1966...

  • Milwaukee Brewers Walk of Fame
    Milwaukee Brewers Walk of Fame
    The Milwaukee Brewers Walk of Fame was established in 2001 with the opening of Miller Park. Although the Milwaukee Brewers do not have an official Hall of Fame, the honor of induction into the Walk is considered to be the equivalent...


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