Arlie Schardt (2017) | UW Athletic Hall of Fame

UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Captain of the 1915 Big Ten and National Intercollegiate Championship Cross Country team
Big Ten Conference indoor mile champion in 1917
Member of two Big Ten Championship track teams and one cross country team
Upon graduation in 1917, he entered the U.S. Army as a second lieutenant and went immediately into combat in World War I
Left for dead for two-and-a-half days in No Man's Land after the horrific and decisive battle of Argonne Forest; 28 pieces of shrapnel were removed from his body
Placed second in the mile at the 1919 American Expeditionary Forces Championships
Won gold medal in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, in the 3000 meters team race, becoming the first Badger to win a gold medal at the Olympics
Coached at South Division High School in Milwaukee
Strong advocate of women's sports