UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Fred Negus

  • Class
  • Induction
    1998
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Football
Fred Negus
  • Won major "W" awards in football (1942 and 1946) and baseball (1943)
  • First-team All-Big Ten center in 1942 at Wisconsin and in 1943 at Michigan
  • Made the Associated Press Sophomore All-American team in 1942
  • Won the Jimmy Demetral team football MVP award at Wisconsin in 1946
  • Member of the 1947 college all-star team that defeated the Chicago Bears 16-0
  • Ran on Michigan's Big Ten championship one-mile relay team in 1944
  • Played professional football with the Chicago Rockets and the Chicago Bears
  • Tied an All-American Football Conference record with a 97-yard fumble return for the Rockets in 1948
Explore HOF Explore UW Athletic Hall of Fame Members