UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Milt Bruhn

  • Class
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Football
  • Head football coach for 11 seasons (1956-66) at Wisconsin, he posted a mark of 52-45-6
  • Led two of his teams (1959 and 1962) to Big Ten championships
  • Took two squads to Pasadena to participate in the Rose Bowl, losing to Washington (44-8 in 1960) and USC (42-37 in 1963)
  • Registered a 20-6-1 regular-season record from 1957-59, one of the most successful eras in school annals
  • Coached at Amherst College, Minnesota, Colgate and Franklin & Marshall before coming to Wisconsin with Ivy Williamson in 1949
  • Three of his teams - 1958 (8th), 1959 (6th) and 1962 (2nd) - finished the season ranked in the top 10 of the final Associated Press poll
  • Played guard on Minnesota's unbeaten football teams of 1934 (the national champions) and 1935
  • Captained the 1935 Golden Gopher baseball team that won the Big Ten title
Milt Bruhn
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