Camp Randall 100: Milt Bruhn

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Camp Randall 100: Milt Bruhn

Coach guided Badgers to pair of Big Ten championships

General News

Camp Randall 100: Milt Bruhn

Coach guided Badgers to pair of Big Ten championships

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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. — Milt Bruhn was born a Gopher but became one of the most important coaches in the history of the Wisconsin football program. The Minnesota native took the Badgers to a pair of Big Ten titles and trips to the Rose Bowl – including the epic comeback in the 1963 Granddaddy of Them All – all without resorting to fire and brimstone to get his message across.

His quiet demeanor didn't make him any less competitive, however; he finished his 11-year run as head coach at UW with a 7-3-1 mark against Minnesota.

Read more in Bruhn's Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through June 25, 2017:
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