UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Otto Breitenbach
- Induction:
- 2008
- 1942 reserve halfback
- 1942 team was second in Big Ten and ranked No. 3 nationally
- 1942-46 football career interrupted by WWII. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force as an instructor/pilot
- 1948-51 assistant football coach at Chilton High School
- 1948-50 head basketball coach at Chilton High School
- 1952-63 head football coach at Middleton High School; three Badger Conference titles
- 1963-73 head football coach at Madison Lafollette High School; two Big Eight Conference titles
- 1967 as head football coach at Madison Lafollette High School, his team was ranked No. 1 in state at season's end
- 1968-69 past president of Wisconsin High School Coaches' Association
- 1963-69 head boys track coach at Madison Lafollette High School
- 1969 Lafollette boy's track team won Class A championship
- 1971 served as secretary-treasurer of Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association
- 1973-88 associate athletic director at UW-Madison
- 1980 inducted into Wisconsin Football Coaches' Hall of Fame
- 1980 inducted into Madison Sports Hall of Fame
- 1983-94 commissioner of Western Collegiate Hockey Association
- 1988-97 executive director of Badger State Games
- 1993 honored with Jim Fullerton Award, presented by the American Hockey Coaches' Association for longtime devotion to the sport
- 2005 inducted into National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- member of board of directors of the National "W" Club
- WCHA named its most prestigious award in his honor --- the Otto Breitenbach Distinguished Service Award



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