UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Pat Matzdorf

  • Class
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Track & Field
Pat Matzdorf
  • Set a world record in the high jump (7-6 ¼) at the 1971 World All-Star Meet (featuring the U.S. and USSR) in San Francisco
  • Won the Big Ten indoor high jump championship in both 1970 and 1971
  • Established a league high jump record (7-3) during the 1971 campaign
  • Won the NCAA outdoor high jump title (7-1) in 1970 and captured the indoor national championship (7-2) in 1971
  • Two-time Drake Relays champion in the high jump
  • Awarded the Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor in 1972
  • Honored as the "World's Outstanding Athlete" and Wisconsin's "Sports Personality of the Year" in 1971
  • Inducted into the Drake Relays Hall of Fame
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