On, Wisconsin!
With “March Madness” in full swing, it appropriate to look back at some “Historical Hysteria.”
Did you know that a Walvoord was on The University of Wisconsin’s first Badger Basketball Championship team?
Anthony J. Walvoord from Sheboygan County played on the 1904-1905 Badger Basketball team.
The team went 10-3 on the season and won the Western Championship, the schools first basketball title! UW beat previously undefeated Chicago University in the championship 29-24.
This was the first team coached by Emmett Angell who came to UW as a gymnasium instructor and served as head basketball coach through 1908. His teams compiled an overall record of 43-15 for a winning percentage of .714, best to date in UW basketball history.
For more on Anthony Walvoord, click here.
How SWEET it is! GO BUCKY! .. Anthony Walvoort are you guys going to head north to try catch a game before driving back to Madison?!
Wow! Mark will be watching tonight. His brother, Jack, coached BB at Central College in Iowa for many years. Thanks for posting this.