Bart Starr Donates Valuable Footballs to Hall of Fame Voters; U.S. Bank and Athletic Hall of Fame Extend Voting Deadline to June 21.Sports Editors MILWAUKEE--(BW SportsWire)--June 6, 2002 Check it out...www.sportsinwisconsin.com. The deadline to vote for the next inductee to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame has been extended to Friday, June 21. The extension results from a valuable donation from Bart Starr--the first 50 people who sign up online for a U.S. Bank free checking account will receive a football, personally signed to the recipient by the legendary Packer quarterback. Sports fans without online access can go to any one of U.S. Bank's 118 locations in Wisconsin to nominate their hall of fame candidate and automatically enter a drawing for an autographed, limited edition Hall of Fame print. A winner for the print also will be drawn from the pool of online ballots. This is the first time in its 51-year history that the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame) is inviting the public to select a Hall of Fame member. Created to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to sport in Wisconsin, the Hall of Fame currently has 114 members, including Vince Lombardi, Hank Aaron and Bart Starr Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers (1956-1971) and the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. , who was inducted in 1981. The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame nomination process and induction ceremony are presented by U.S. Bank. The Wisconsin Hall of Fame is a property of the Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that also produces 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. and hosts the Wisconsin Ironman Triathlon ironman triathlon event combines swimming, bicycling, marathon run. [Pop. Cult.: Misc.] See : Endurance . U.S. Bank is a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ). With assets in excess of $165 billion, U.S. Bancorp is the 8th largest financial services holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,147 banking offices and 4,929 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. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at usbank.com. |
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