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"Doc" Spears and Family

Date: 04 09 1932
Description: Dr. Clarence W. "Doc" Spears, the new University of Wisconsin football coach, with his wife and their three children being greeted by a crowd.
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Students Rally for Rose Bowl Bid

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: A crowd of University of Wisconsin students rally in front of the Memorial Union on getting a bid for the Rose Bowl. In 1952 the University football team w...
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Man Deplaning Airplane following Rose Bowl Trip

Date: 01 02 1953
Description: Football coach Ivy Williamson (?) is interviewed by a man with a radio transmitter on the steps of the airplane upon his return from the Rose Bowl game.
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Wisconsin-Marquette Football Game

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Mayor F. Halsey Kraege and Col. Willis Matthews welcome home two Badger football players, former Lt. Mark H. Hoskins and Col. W.F. Dalton. Hoskins was a P...
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Six University of Wisconsin "Football Wives"

Date: 11 07 1949
Description: Pictured in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium are the wives of six members of the University of Wisconsin football team. From left to right are: Mrs. Will...
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Homecoming Pep Rally

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 4,000 students standing in a drizzling rain to cheer for a Badger victory at the UW Homecoming Pep Rally.
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Bamby

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Bamby, the 150-pound goat who was the mascot of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was sent to the ATO chapter at Ohio Stat...
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Wisconsin vs. Marquette Football Game

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Five members of the University of Wisconsin 1900 football team who were honored during the pregame ceremonies of the Wisconsin vs. Marquette game kneel alo...
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Madison West-Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 02 1950
Description: The Madison West High School running back picks up a first down in their football game against Kenosha at Breese Stevens Field. Kenosha players are Bob Gil...
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Wisconsin-Purdue Football Game

Date: 11 04 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin senior law students participate in the traditional ceremony of tossing their canes over the south goal post's bar at the homecoming...
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Rose Bowl Bid of 1952

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: Badger cheerleader Sharyn Chesten (right) presents a rose to University of Wisconsin football Captain George O'Brien, symbolizing the southern California N...
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University of Wisconsin vs. Ohio State

Date: 10 24 1953
Description: Fathers of the 29 Wisconsin football players are honored in a pre-game Dad's Day ceremony at Camp Randall Stadium which set a new attendance record of 52,8...
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Law Students at Homecoming Game

Date: 10 31 1953
Description: Senior law students throw canes over the goalpost at the University of Wisconsin Homecoming Game against Iowa. Nearly one hundred students, including four ...
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Madison Football Champs

Date: 1911
Description: The Madison Central High School class championship team, about 1910-1912. Only Ben Bergor (Goldeberger), seated on the left, has been identified Caption re...
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football captain Gary Messner steps on the scale as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football fullback Alan Ameche stands on a scale and points to his 210-pound weight as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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Wisconsin High Football Players

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: Wisconsin High School football coach Harold (Hal) Metzen, far right, posing with three of his football players. They are, from left: Bill Lindsey, Bob Pego...
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Mayville Cardinals

Date: 11 1991
Description: "As the Mayville Cardinal football team played for the championship at Camp Randall in Madison, this injured player watched from the sidelines."
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Mayville Championship Finals

Date: 11 12 1992
Description: "For the second year in a row the Mayville High School football team carried unbeaten records into the championship finals at Camp Randall Stadium. Both ye...
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Edgewood High School Football Coach Earl Wilke and Assistants

Date: 09 06 1957
Description: Edgewood High School football coach Earl Wilke (Center) with assistant football coaches Than Uglow (L) and Jerry Butterfield (R).

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