2003 Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees Announced.Sports Editors/Business Editors MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003 The Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation is proud to welcome four new members to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame. They will be inducted in a gala celebration, sponsored by U.S. Bank, on Thursday, June 12, 2003, at the Midwest Airlines Center The Midwest Airlines Center (formerly Midwest Express Center) is a convention and exhibition center located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center is part of a greater complex of buildings which includes the U.S. in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Hall of Fame Class of 2003 includes: -- Frederick "Fuzzy" Thurston, guard with Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers from 1959-1968. Thurston was key in helping the Pack win five NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga Championships and the first two Super Bowls. -- Mark Johnson Mark Johnson may refer to: Academics and scientists
All-time leading goal scorer for the University of Wisconsin and the leading scorer on the 1980 "Miracle on Ice The "Miracle on Ice" is the popular nickname for the men's ice hockey game in the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, in which a team of amateur and collegiate players from the United States beat the long-dominant and heavily-favored Soviet Union, in a match held on February 22, 1980, at " U.S. Olympic Team. Following an outstanding 11-year NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there career, Johnson currently coaches in the collegiate ranks. -- "Stormin" Gorman Thomas outfielder and fan favorite. Thomas hit more home runs during the 1978-1982 seasons than any other player in Major League Baseball. -- Tommy Bartlett Thomson "Tommy" Bartlett (July 11, 1914 - September 6, 1998) was a Wisconsin showman and entertainment mogul. He most often associated with the water skiing thrill show based in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin named the Tommy Barlett's Thrill Show. , iconic showman whose transformation of water sports into spectacle and entertainment became the cornerstone for the Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin Dells may refer to:
Thurston, Thomas and Johnson will attend the induction ceremony to personally accept their honors. Tom Diehl, of Wisconsin Dells, will accept for his former business partner and close friend, Tommy Bartlett, who died in 1998. The 2003 Class represents the first in which Wisconsin fans were able to select a Hall of Fame member through balloting at Wisconsin's 120 U.S. Bank locations and via online voting. More than 110 athletes have been inducted into the Hall of Fame since its beginning in 1951. A complete list of Hall of Fame members and ticket information for the Induction Ceremony and Dinner are located at SportsInWisconsin.com. For more information, call 608-226-4780. The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame honors individuals who have made significant contributions to athletics in Wisconsin and elsewhere and is a property of the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation, a nonprofit sports management organization that operates the Badger State Games The Badger State Games is an Olympic-style competition for Wisconsin's amateur athletes of all ages and abilities. The Games is a member of the National Congress of State Games and of the United States Olympic Committee. , hosts the Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon and offers health education programs. For more information visit SportsInWisconsin.com U.S. Bancorp, with assets in excess of $182 billion, is the 8th largest financial services holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,200 banking offices and 4,582 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is home of the Five Star Service Guarantee which assures customers of certain key banking benefits and services or customers will be paid for their inconvenience. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at usbank.com. |
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