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Camp Randall 100: Ivy Williamson

Camp Randall 100: Ivy Williamson

June 11, 2017 | Football, General News, Mike Lucas

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Coach led Badgers to first Rose Bowl appearance before becoming AD

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. — Ivy Williamson took Wisconsin's football team all the way to No. 1. For one week, at least.

Hired as head coach in 1949, Williamson directed Badgers teams that finished as Big Ten runner-up in 1950 and '51 before claiming the conference title in 1952 to give Wisconsin its first bowl bid. Along the way that season, he helped UW reach the top spot in the Associated Press poll behind the passing of quarterback Jim Haluska and a running back named Alan Ameche.

Williamson went on to serve as athletic director and remains the namesake of the UW football program's longest-running team honor, the Ivan B. Williamson Scholastic Award.

Read more in Williamson's Camp Randall 100 profile.

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