The historic Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame today announced that former Milwaukee Bucks owner, retired United States Senator representing Wisconsin and current philanthropist Herb Kohl will receive the Hall of Fame’s Community Leadership Award. Mr. Kohl’s generous and successful efforts have made a lasting impact on athletics and the community at large throughout Wisconsin. Mr. Kohl, who was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007, will be honored at the Hall of Fame’s 65th Anniversary Induction Event at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on April 30, 2016.
Associated Bank has become the bank of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame and has committed to a multi-faceted partnership designed to create awareness of and engagement in the Hall of Fame and its unique programs.
On the day the recently resuscitated and suddenly quite vigorous Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame made its latest news – announcing Feb. 1 that it will celebrate the Green Bay Packers' 1966 championship team at its upcoming induction – the winter afternoon sun, high in Milwaukee's southwestern sky, shone down brilliantly on 4th Street, covering much of the promenade in shade and silhouetting the bronze-plaque visages that commemorate the state's greatest sports heroes.
There's an overly embellished metaphor somewhere in all of that – something about the heretofore-dormant Hall, once active and esteemed, casting a long shadow on its saviors, who are looking to return it to glory, or at least relevance – and if it's embellished enough, it might approach the grandiloquence of sportswriters from half a century ago, and perhaps even Joseph Krueger might have deemed it worthy.
Fifty years on and Jerry Kramer is still leading the Pack.
Kramer, who was at the Boise Airport in Idaho on Tuesday preparing to head to Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, Calif., said he expected to be remembered for a couple of years and then would "drift off into the mist of time. I just assumed as a lineman I wouldn't be remembered all that much."
Instead, he has been a regular representative of the Lombardi-era Green Bay Packers, and will be again when the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame honors the Super Bowl I champions during its 2016 induction ceremony April 30 in Milwaukee. Former Packers receiver Donald Driver and retired University of Wisconsin basketball coach Bo Ryan are this year's inductees.
The historic Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame today announced it will be honoring the Green Bay Packers’ 1966 championship team at the 2016 Hall of Fame induction event being held April 30 at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Famer Jerry Kramer will be in attendance to accept the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame Legendary Team Award commemorating the 50th anniversary of this historic team.
Wisconsin high school athletes will have the opportunity to share the stage with some of the most iconic names in state sports history this spring!
The historic Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, established in 1951 to celebrate the state’s greatest athletic icons, today unveiled new signage outside downtown Milwaukee’s Walk of Fame featuring the members of the Hall’s 2016 induction class.
Packers all-time leading receiver Donald Driver will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame on April 30th at Panther Arena in downtown Milwaukee.
Green Bay's All-Time Leading Receiver, Donald Driver, joined FM 106.1 and 620 WTMJ earlier in the week to discuss the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame and the "Donald Driver Family 4-Pack" ticket promotion he is currently offering fans.
Green Bay Packers all-time leading wide receiver and 2016 Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame inductee Donald Driver has written an open letter to the people of Wisconsin, thanking them for their support and offering to help people attend the Hall of Fame Induction Event through a special “Family 4-Pack” promotion. Donald’s letter, along with details about the Donald Driver Family 4-Pack, are below.
The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame today announced that Wisconsin Badgers Men’s Basketball coach Bo Ryan and Green Bay Packers all-time leading wide receiver Donald Driver have been selected for induction into the Athletic Hall of Fame’s 65th Anniversary Class. The pair join 135 of the state’s greatest athletic icons, including Vince Lombardi, Hank Aaron, Oscar Robertson, Barry Alvarez, Al McGuire, Bud Selig, Junior Bridgeman, Willie Davis, Herb Kohl, Bart Starr, Ab Nicholas, Bob Harlan, Fred Miller, Alan Kulwicki, Robin Yount, Bonnie Blair and Bob Uecker in one of the country’s most historic halls of fame.
