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General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Tim Krumrie

The man who once wondered how he’d make any tackles left opponents pondering how he made so many

General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Tim Krumrie

The man who once wondered how he’d make any tackles left opponents pondering how he made so many

Camp Randall 100 logo
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. — Tim Krumrie was never one to shy away from a challenge — "You can block him but you better hang on until the whistle blows because he's never going to quit," former Wisconsin coach Dave McClain once said — but he had a pressing concern about the UW staff's plan to move him to nose guard as a freshman: How would he make any tackles?

In typical Krumrie fashion, he leaned on toughness to find a way.

The College Football Hall of Famer went on to rack up an astonishing 444 tackles during a career in which he was twice named All-America and led the Badgers to one of the program's signature victories.

Read more in Krumrie's Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through August 1, 2017:
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