UW Athletic Hall of Fame
Don Gehrmann
- Induction:
- 1991
- Won NCAA championships in the outdoor mile twice (running 4:09.6 in 1949 and 4:12.4 in 1950)
- Claimed his first national title in the outdoor 1,500 meters (3:54.3) in 1948
- Took first place in 87 of 99 collegiate races (ranging from 880 yards to two miles) during his career
- Winner of 39 consecutive major mile races from 1948-51
- Member of the U.S. Olympic team in 1948 (at London), he finished seventh in the 1,500 meters
- Won 10 Big Ten track titles, including four straight (1947-50) in the outdoor mile
- Held world record for both the indoor and outdoor 1,000-yard runs
- Named the Big Ten's "Greatest Miler" for the first 50 years of the conference's existence
- Helped Wisconsin's cross country teams to Big Ten titles in 1949 and 1950
- Gehrmann won individual Big Ten cross country titles in 1947 and 1948
- Won the Outstanding Performer Award at the Drake Relays three times
- Named to the State of Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame, the Drake Relays Hall of Fame and the Madison Pen and Mike Club Hall of Fame
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