BadgersHistory

Sharing items from the vast collection of @UWBadgers artifacts

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Being a College Football Hall of Fame nominee like @MonteeBall28 means your resume pops. An item that goes to the heart of his time with @BadgerFootball is the single-season scoring record set in 2011. Some perspective: His average was better than 14 UW teams going back to 1946.

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Bob and Martha Johnson. The first power couple in @UWBadgers history. RIP.

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If you wanted scoring updates for @BadgerFootball games in 1951, you relied on Western Union's ticker service. It cost $55 a month.

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@bgrahmann @MattLepay @BadgerFootball @UWBadgers Sit: Tom McMahon (deceased), Dan McCarney (retired), Barry Alvarez (retired), Bernie Wyatt (deceased), Rob Ianello (Kansas). Stand: Brad Childress (retired), Jay Norvell (Col. St.), John Palermo (retired), Jim Hueber (retired), Kevin Cosgrove (L. Island), Bill Callahan (Browns).

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It's been 30 years since this unforgettable coaching staff roamed the sidelines at Camp Randall Stadium and changed the course of @BadgerFootball and @UWBadgers forever. Two became NFL head coaches. Four became college head coaches. For now, four are still grinding away.

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There was a time when most every @UWBadgers sports program relied on funds from booster groups to fortify their budgets. Every little bit helped. This @BadgerTrackXC poster from 1975 -- featuring four future NCAA champions -- went for $1 plus 50 cents for postage and handling.

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The @BadgerFootball spring game in 1950 offered UW fans a unique doubleheader at Camp Randall Stadium. A triangular men's track meet featuring @BadgerTrackXC, Northwestern and Michigan was staged at 1 p.m. followed by a Cardinal vs. White intra-squad game at 3:15 p.m.

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On the list of legends who turned down coaching opportunities with @UWBadgers -- Bob Knight and Bo Schembechler to name two -- add Knute Rockne. This clipping was in a @BadgerFootball file from 1949. Rockne led Notre Dame to three national titles from '18 to '30. He died in 1931.

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This is the first reference to a post-World War II spring game for @BadgerFootball. That's future national TV correspondent Bob Teague (24) with room to run for the Cardinal. A crowd of 12,000 was there to see Ivy Williamson's coaching debut at UW.

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This modest gathering of talent for the @BadgerTrackXC women's team in 1974 included two U.S. Olympians. Cindy Bremser, standing second from left, ran fourth in the 3,000 meters in 1984. Diane Holum, kneeling far right, won four medals in speed skating in 1968 and '72.

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Twenty years later, Andrea Kirchberg remains arguably the most dominant player in @BadgerSoftball history. She still holds UW marks for wins, strikeouts, innings pitched, shutouts and ERA among others from '00 to '03. She's the lone softball player in the @UWBadgers Hall of Fame.

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@MaldenBadger @uwbadger John Richards won 11 letters from 1892 to 1897 (football, track and rowing).

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No @UWBadger student-athlete had more widespread impact on the modern-day fortunes of Wisconsin Athletics than Hugh Vernon "Pat'' Richter.

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The @BadgerFootball spring game in 1954 gave way to a bittersweet season. Fullback Alan Ameche became the first Heisman Trophy winner in program history, but consecutive road losses to Ohio State and Iowa left UW (7-2 overall) in second place despite its final No. 9 ranking.

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There are 53 women inducted in the @UWBadgers Athletic Hall of Fame. The first two, U.S. Olympians Cindy Bremser from @BadgerTrackXC by way of Mishicot and Carie Graves from @BadgerRowing by way of Spring Green, were part of the inaugural class of honorees in 1991.

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Which @UWBadgers coach won the most NCAA titles? John Walsh, left, and assistant Vern Woodward ran a boxing program that claimed eight (1939, '42, '43, '47, '48, '52, '54, '56) before the sport was discontinued. Walsh's philosophy was preserved on the cover of Esquire magazine.

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That time in 1960 when the peerless Mel Allen -- the legendary voice of the New York Yankees -- helped @BadgerFootball stage its 25th annual postseason banquet. UW was a year removed from winning the @bigten title and playing in the Rose Bowl, finishing 4-5 overall.

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In 1941, fullback Pat Harder (34) and end Dave Schreiner (80) became the first @BadgerFootball players to lead the @bigten in rushing and receiving, respectively. Both were all-Big Ten picks. Schreiner, later killed in World War II, was an All-American in '41 and '42.

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Every dynasty has an undeniable breakthrough moment. Here is the one for @BadgerWHockey. The first of six NCAA championships. The first of 14 Frozen Four berths. The first title game with a Patty Kazmaier Award winner in the lineup. The first one of the Mark Johnson coaching era.

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The last time @BadgerMBB played in the NIT was in 1996, the start of the Dick Bennett coaching era in Madison. The field included Alabama, Gonzaga, Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota and Nebraska. Led by standout freshman Sam Okey, UW beat Manhattan, but fell to Illinois State.