UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Lloyd Larson

  • Class
  • Induction
    1993
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Basketball
Lloyd Larson
  • Lettered two years in football and three times in baseball at UW
  • Team captain of the 1927 Badger baseball team
  • Big Ten football and basketball official
  • Officiated in the 1951 Rose Bowl
  • Past-president of the National W Club (1959) and the Alumni Association (1962-63)
  • Recipient of the 1963 Pat O'Dea Award from the Madison Pen and Mike Club
  • National W Club Man of the Year in 1974
  • Recipient of the UW Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award in 1967
  • Served on the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board from 1972-75
  • Named Wisconsin "Sportswriter of the Year" five times
  • Worked in the newspaper business for 50 years, including 27 as sports editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel
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