UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Russ Rebholz

  • Class
  • Induction
    2000
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Basketball
Russ Rebholz
  • Earned three "W" awards in football and two in basketball at Wisconsin
  • Topped the Western Conference in scoring (48 points) as a junior in 1930
  • Played in the 1932 East-West Shrine Game
  • Student member of the National W Club in 1929-31 and a member of the Athletic Board as a football representative in 1931-32
  • Played and coached (1932-38) for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League
  • Inducted into both the Canadian Football League Hall of Fame (1973) and the Winnipeg Blue Bomber Hall of Fame (1984)
  • Won the Grey Cup in 1935 as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
  • Coached football, basketball, track and wrestling at Stevens Point, Racine Horlick and Rio High Schools in Wisconsin
  • Served as UW-Milwaukee's head basketball coach from 1952-63
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