UW Athletic Hall of Fame
Robert "Red" Wilson
- Induction:
- 1991
- The only football player in UW history to earn team MVP honors three times (1947-49)
- Won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1949
- Selected to Wisconsin's All-time Football Team in 1969
- Played on both sides of the ball and captained the 1949 football team
- Lettered four seasons (1947-50) at UW as a baseball catcher
- Led the team in hitting twice, including a .426 mark in his senior year
- Wisconsin baseball MVP in 1948
- Member of the 1950 UW baseball club that was Big Ten co-champ and finished fourth in the national tournament
- Recipient of the 1950 Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor
- Played professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians
- Served as the UW-Madison senior class vice-president
- Member of the Wisconsin State Athletic Hall of Fame, the Pen and Mike Club-Bowman Sports Foundation Hall of Fame
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