UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Bob Teague
- Induction:
- 2023
- Class:
- 1949
- Wisconsin football (1949)
- Led the Badgers in rushing yards (521) and touchdowns (6) in 1949
- Named second-team All-Big Ten
- One of the first Black athletes to earn regular playing time for the UW football team
- Became the first Black reporter at the Milwaukee Journal
- Later worked for more than three decades as a reporter, anchorman and producer at the New York Times and WNBC-TV in New York
Related Articles:
- UW Athletic Hall of Fame: Bob Teague (July 30, 2023)
- Pioneering journalist Teague started in Milwaukee - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (March 29, 2013)
- Badgers football's first Black starter finally gets his due - Cap Times (Aug. 11, 2023)
- Emeritus Professor James Hoyt leads charge to induct alum Bob Teague into UW Athletic Hall of Fame - UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication (Sept. 14, 2023)
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