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Eddie Mathews Slides into Home

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Eddie Mathews, third baseman for the Milwaukee Braves baseball team, sliding into home plate. Chicago Cubs catcher Cal Neeman is applying the tag as Braves...
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Boys' High School Basketball Team

Date: 03 20 1953
Description: Group portrait of boys' high school basketball team, celebrating in the locker room with two coaches after a WIAA Basketball Tournament game.
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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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"Little Boxers" Boxing Lesson

Date: 12 13 1952
Description: Vern Woodward, University of Wisconsin assistant boxing coach, helps young students during a "Little Boxers" class at the Eagles Club, 23 West Doty Street....
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Milt Bruhn, Football Coach

Date: 12 31 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin head football coach, Milt Bruhn, on his first day in office.
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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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Wisconsin's Great Miler, Don Gehrmann

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: U.W. Madison track coach Guy Sundt, right, examining new track shoes with his star miler, Don Gehrmann, who once ran a mile race in 4:09.5 minutes.
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Marianne "Johnny" Zeir

Date: 02 01 1950
Description: St. Bernard's Catholic School basketball coach, Marianne "Johnny" Zier, holds a basketball while standing between two of her star players, Ed Perkl (left) ...
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Monticello Boys Basketball Team

Date: 02 03 1950
Description: Group portrait of Monticello boys basketball team with Coach John Ponyicsanyi and Assistant Coach Urho Hill. Monticello played in the State Line League and...
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Wisconsin High School Basketball Team

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Group portrait of eleven uniformed players of the Wisconsin High School boy's basketball team with their coach.
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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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University of Wisconsin Basketball Banquet

Date: 03 07 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin's basketball coach Harold E. "Bud" Foster (left) is shown with two of his 1949-1950 basketball stars at the team banquet. In the ce...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Members of a high school basketball team gather around their coach along the sideline of the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse during the state high schoo...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 18 1950
Description: The state high school basketball champion team from St. Croix Falls poses in a locker room for a group portrait. They were the second-smallest town to win ...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 18 1950
Description: The runner-up state high school basketball team from Eau Claire gathers in a locker room for a group portrait. The team lost the championship game to St. C...
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UW Boxing Coach and Captain

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach John J. Walsh congratulates boxer John R. "Dick" Murphy on his selection as captain for the 1951 team.
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Central High Baseball Team

Date: 05 18 1950
Description: Group portrait of the uniformed Central High School baseball team with their coach, Harold "Gus" Pollock. A water tower is in the background on the right.
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University of Wisconsin vs. Michigan Baseball Game

Date: 05 20 1950
Description: This was Coach Ray Fisher's only appearance on Breese Stevens Field Saturday morning when his Michigan baseball team received its second straight setback a...
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UW Baseball-Big 10 Championship

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Group portrait of members of the University of Wisconsin Baseball-Big 10 Champions. They are, from left: Arthur Mansfield, head coach; Gene Evans, 1950 cap...
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Don Gehrmann (left), who capped a great career by winning the mile and half mile races at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercollegiate track meet held at Camp...

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