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Joe Franklin

Joe Franklin

Induction:
1997

Joe Franklin

Unanimous first-team All-Big Ten selection in 1968, when he scored a school-record 544 points (22.7 average)
Received third-team all-league honors in 1967 and honorable mention accolades in 1966
Earned team Most Valuable Player honors in 1967 and 1968
Team captain as a senior
Established Wisconsin career scoring (1,215 points) and rebounding (858) marks in just three seasons of play
Recorded seven games of at least 30 points during his career and had a personal-best 27 rebounds in a 1968 game vs. Purdue
Drafted in the fifth round (63rd pick overall) of the 1968 NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks

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Wisconsin women's hockey 2026-27 captains

K. Gorbatenko named UW’s captain for 2026-27

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A sea of red- and white-attired fans fill Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as the Wisconsin Badgers play the Iowa Hawkeyes during a football game on Oct. 14, 2023. The aerial photograph made with a fisheye lens was taken from a helicopter looking east toward the isthmus during autumn. Wisconsin lost to Iowa, 15-6, before a crowd of 76,205 people. (Photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison)

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