UW Athletic Hall of Fame

Tom Jones

  • Class
  • Induction
    1991
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field
Tom Jones
  • Served as the Wisconsin men's track (1913-48) and cross country (1913-14, 1926-47) coach
  • Jones' indoor track teams won Big Ten titles in 1927 and 1930 and the outdoor squad took league championships in 1915, 1916 and 1931
  • The Badger men's cross country team claimed seven Big Ten team titles under his direction
  • Worked with 137 student-athletes that won Big Ten individual titles and five that captured national championships
  • Named U.S. Olympic track coach for the 1948 Games
  • Inducted into the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame in 1950, the Wisconsin State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1954, the Drake Relays Hall of Fame in 1977 and the Madison Pen and Mike Club-Bowman Sports Foundation Hall of Fame in 1963
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