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Wisconsin High School Football Players

Date: 11 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin High School football players and their coach admiring the Gene Wheeler Memorial Trophy they received at a football banquet at the East Side Busin...
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Blackbourn Receives All-Star Award

Date: 09 22 1946
Description: Lisle Blackbourn Jr., former Milwaukee Washington high school star playing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded a trophy as the most outsta...
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Wisconsin Freshman Football Player of the Year

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin head freshman coach George Lanphear (left) recognizes Dave Hansen of Eau Claire as the freshman Player of The Year.
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Wisconsin High School Football Awards

Date: 12 05 1949
Description: Three trophy winners from Wisconsin High posing for a group portrait with their trophies. Bob Spoentgen, left, was voted most valuable player. Coach Harold...
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Big Ten Most Valuable Player Robert Wilson

Date: 02 18 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin football star Captain Robert "Red" Wilson is recognized as the Big Ten Conference "Most Valuable Player" for 1949 and awarded the C...
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Blessed Sacrament Parochial School Athletic Banquet

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: Group portrait of members of the Blessed Sacrament Parochial school athletic teams, their coaches and sponsors who were honored at the school's annual banq...
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Thomas E. Jones Recognized in Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame

Date: 09 25 1954
Description: Thomas E. Jones, Sr. stands before the plaque that will honor him in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in the Milwaukee Arena (now the U.S. Cellular Aren...
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Wisconsin High Sports Banquet

Date: 05 31 1956
Description: Five men pose behind five trophies. They include Coach Charlie Turner, Dave Hamel, Coach Hal Metzen, Gary Kielley, and Bill Thomas.
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Little Badger Boxers

Date: 03 02 1957
Description: A tournament and a party at St. Bernard's School was held at the end of the 1957 program of Vern Woodward's Little Badger Boxers. Receiving boxing emblems ...
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West High School's Alumni W Club

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Willis Jones, right, former head coach of all sports, received a plaque for organizing and directing the club. Dr. William Rundell, center, and a 1938 grad...
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George W. Levis Receives the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame Award

Date: 02 12 1959
Description: George W. Levis is honored at a luncheon and receives a certificate as a member of the Helms Basketball Hall of Fame. Roundy Coughlin commented that George...
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Wisconsin High School Football Banquet

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: Wisconsin High School football team award winners with their coach at the school's grid banquet. Left to right are: Pete Pauley, most valuable player; Fran...
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Downtown Seconds Honor Deeter

Date: 02 18 1960
Description: Ike Deeter, left, veteran Washington State boxing coach is honored at a pre-match ceremony by the Downtown Seconds of Madison. John J. Walsh, right, former...
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Arthur J. Sweet Memorial Scholarship

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: David Tymus (right) is presented the Arthur J. Sweet Memorial scholarship by the company president Sheldon Sweet. The scholarship recipient is selected by ...
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Madison Mustangs Football Team Banquet

Date: 10 18 1964
Description: Key men and players for the Madison Mustangs football team at their first annual banquet. Sitting in the center is quarterback Arnie Motl, who is admiring ...

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