The Camp Randall 100 is an exclusive list celebrating 100 people who have shaped Camp Randall Stadium's history across the realms of sports, music, culture and beyond. A new honoree will be revealed each day over the final 100 days leading up to kickoff of the Wisconsin football team's season opener with Utah State on Friday, Sept. 1. The Camp Randall 100 reveal is part of a year-long celebration of the history of the iconic stadium, which opened in 1917.
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MADISON, Wis. — When local heroes from the just-concluded Olympic Winter Games were honored at Camp Randall Stadium in March 1980, no one came to the stage with more hardware than Eric Heiden.
Joined by boyhood friend and "Miracle on Ice" hero Mark Johnson among the group of Wisconsin standouts who had represented Team USA in Lake Placid, Heiden was saluted by a crowd of nearly 30,000 for his efforts that resulted in an unprecedented five gold medals in speedskating.
Read more about the Olympians' salute in Heiden's Camp Randall 100 profile.
