Camp Randall 100: Walter "Mickey" McGuire
June 19, 2017 | Football, General News, Mike Lucas
Colorful competitor was named Big Ten MVP as leader of strong Badgers squads in ’30s
MADISON, Wis. — Taking his pay from a pineapple cannery, Walter Francis McGuire made his way from his native Hawaii to Madison to embark on a career that would see him become a decorated running back and sprinter for the Badgers in the 1930s.
Along the way he picked up a nickname from comic strip and played a key role in some of the Badgers' most memorable wins of his era.
Read more about the colorful career of "Mickey (Himself)" in McGuire's Camp Randall 100 profile.
Camp Randall 100 profiles through June 19, 2017:
- May 24 - Pat Richter
- May 25 - Jesse Owens
- May 26 - John Clay
- May 27 - Burt Reynolds
- May 28 - John R. Richards
- May 29 - Matt Schabert
- May 30 - Leo Butts
- May 31 - Katie Couric
- June 1 - Alan Ameche
- June 2 - The Portage Plumber
- June 3 - Aaron Gibson
- June 4 - Jim Mott
- June 5 - Red Wilson
- June 6 - Brooks Bollinger
- June 7 - Donna Shalala
- June 8 - David Gilreath
- June 9 - Genesis
- June 10 - Brianna Decker
- June 11 - Ivy Williamson
- June 12 - Keith Jackson
- June 13 - Joe Schobert
- June 14 - Eric Heiden
- June 15 - Ron Vander Kelen
- June 16 - Joe Thomas
- June 17 - Fred Gage
- June 18 - Tom Burke
- June 19 - Walter "Mickey" McGuire
- June 20 - Who's Next?
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