UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Bob Ranck

  • Class
  • Induction
    1997
  • Sport(s)
    Boxing
Bob Ranck
  • Boxed for three seasons at Wisconsin and won 22 of 23 bouts
  • NCAA heavyweight boxing champ in 1951 and 1952 with a pair of undefeated campaigns
  • Elected a team co-captain in 1952 when the Badgers won the NCAA title
  • Won the Outstanding Boxer Award at the 1953 Milwaukee Golden Gloves event
  • Recipient of the Joe Louis Sportsmanship Award at the 1953 Chicago Golden Gloves event
  • Won the All-University heavyweight championship in 1949 and 1951
  • Semifinalist at the 1952 U.S. Olympic team trials
  • Heavyweight champion at the 1955 U.S. Armed Forces Far East meet
  • Earned a B.S. degree from UW-Madison and a J.D. from the Detroit College of Law
  • Served as a municipal judge and a district judge in his native Wyoming
  • Helped found the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy in 1971
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