Camp Randall 100: Ron Vander Kelen

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Camp Randall 100: Ron Vander Kelen

Before Rose Bowl heroics, Badgers QB was central to controversy in heated Border Battle

General News

Camp Randall 100: Ron Vander Kelen

Before Rose Bowl heroics, Badgers QB was central to controversy in heated Border Battle

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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.
 

MADISON, Wis. — Before he engineered one of the most remarkable rallies in Rose Bowl history – he was named co-MVP despite the Badgers' loss to USC – Ron Vander Kelen had to emerge from a crowded field to become Wisconsin's starting quarterback.

He also lead the Badgers past rival Minnesota at Camp Randall Stadium in one of the most memorable – and controversial – meetings in the history of major college football's most-played rivalry.

Read more on Vander Kelen's unlikely role in one of Wisconsin's greatest seasons in his Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through June 15, 2017:
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