Photo collage of images of Wisconsin football player and track athlete Al Toon with the Camp Randall 100 logo

General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Al Toon

Two-sport star’s name – and game – made him an instant fan favorite

General News Mike Lucas

Camp Randall 100: Al Toon

Two-sport star’s name – and game – made him an instant fan favorite

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. — Al Toon arrived at Wisconsin in 1981 as a two-sport star ready to compete in football and track and field.

Focusing on one of those endeavors was always in his plans, but the timing of an injury three years later changed the course of his career as a professional athlete.

Along the way, Toon became a prolific pass catcher who's name made could be heard echoing throughout Camp Randall Stadium on Saturdays.

Read more in Toon's Camp Randall 100 profile.


Camp Randall 100 profiles through August 5, 2017:
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