UW Athletic Hall of Fame
Palmer "Butch" Strickler
- Induction:
- 2008
- 1940 was a walk-on for football at UW
- 1945 returned to UW for second semester after leaving the Army
- Got name "Butch" because his father owned a butcher shop and was a sausage maker from Switzerland
- 1977 received Pat O'Dea Award
- 1984 President National W Club
- 1974 started Butch's Bologna Bash as a small gathering of friends. A hat was passed around and the $40 collected went to the UW football program. After this it moved to the Field House and drew a crowd of 1,000 in its first year
- Butch's Bologna Bash grew tremendously during its 28 years raising over $3million in support of Badger Athletics
- 1994 Butch's Bologna Bash raised a record $350,000 after the Badgers won the Rose Bowl
- Fully endowed a $250,000 scholarship ("Butch and Ruth Strickler Scholarship") through fundraising activities, including the final Butch's Bologna Bash in 2002 and sponsoring golf outings in 2004, 2005, 2006
- Continues to support a variety of National W Club and UW athletic events
- In Butch's own words - "the National W Club is my life"
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