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John Messmer

John Messmer

Induction:
1993

John Messmer

Collier's magazine second-team All-America guard in 1908
Won three "W" awards each in football, baseball and track
Captain of both the football (1907) and track (1908) teams
Two-time (1907 and 1908) Western Conference discus champion and one-time all-league football guard (1908)
Regional qualifier in the discus for the 1908 U.S. Olympic team
President of the Athletic Board in 1908 as a student representative
Member of the UW baseball team that toured Japan in 1909
Inducted into the Wisconsin State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1959

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