My newly published book is
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The Great Teams: A History of Wisconsin High School Football
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Over 50 years of research and decades of maintaining the Wisconsin high school state football record book have led to this book. By profiling state champions and other impressive teams, going back to Madison's 1897 "national champions", this book tells the story of how the game developed and Wisconsin's incredible impact while recording the accomplishments, innovations and influence of the many players and coaches over the last 130 years.
Primarily told through individual team profiles. The Great Teams expands on the impact of players and coaches like William Juneau (grandnephew of Solomon Juneau), Gus Dorais (quarterback for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame who helped modernize the forward pass), Arlie Mucks (first American public high schooler in the Olympics), Win Brockmeyer, Tom Hearden, Alan Ameche, Gerry Uchytil and onto the current giants of Wisconsin high school football.
Contents
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1896-1957 1
The Beginning of the Modern Game 1
Early Mythical State Champions 2
Early Schedules 5
The WIAA 7
WISAA and Other Organizations 9
1897 Madison (8-2-1) 11
1898 Milwaukee South (7-0-0) 13
1901-04 Eau Claire 15
1902 Fort Atkinson (6-0-1) 17
Father of the Forward Pass 18
1906 Green Bay East and Madison 22
1907 Sparta (8-0-0) 23
1907-09 Chippewa Falls 25
1908-12 Oshkosh 28
1911 Fort Atkinson (7-0-0) 34
1914-1915 La Crosse 35
1915 Milwaukee East (8-1-0) 36
1916 Edgerton (10-0-0) 36
The Epidemics 37
1917 Marinette (6-0-0) 38
1918-20 Superior Central 39
1920 Green Bay East (7-1-0) 42
1920s Marinette 44
1923-24 Milwaukee West (10-1-2) 46
1924 Green Bay East (9-0-0) 46
Gilford Skenandore – Oct 23, 1926 47
1927 Green Bay West (9-0-0) 48
1927 St Francis Pio Nono (8-1-0) 49
1928-29 Green Bay East 50
1931-33 Watertown 51
1934 Fort Atkinson (7-0-2) 52
1935-39 Green Bay East 53
1937, 1943 Baraboo 55
1939 Milwaukee Washington (8-0-0) 55
1939 Arcadia (6-0-0) 57
Delafield St John’s Military Academy 57
1940s Wausau 63
1942’s Other Teams 66
1943 Marinette (8-0-0) 70
All-State and Player of the Year 70
1943-48 Madison Edgewood 71
1945 Milwaukee Washington (8-0-0) 73
1946-49 Cedarburg 74
1947 Appleton (8-0-0) 75
1949 Marinette (8-0-0) 76
Rivalries 77
1950 Kenosha (8-0-0) 79
1950 Green Bay East (8-0-0) 80
1950 Arcadia (7-0-0) 81
1950 Milwaukee Marquette (8-0-0) 81
1952 Milwaukee Boy’s Tech (8-0-0) 82
1953 Wausau (8-0-0) 82
1951-1955 Green Bay West (8-0-0) 83
1955-56 Kenosha 85
Other Top Players and Coaches 86
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1958-1975 95
The Rankings 95
1958 Superior Central (8-0-0) 101
1959 Milwaukee Marquette (7-0-0) 101
1960 Green Bay West (7-0-0) 102
1961 Eau Claire Memorial (8-0-0) 102
1961 Weyauwega (8-0-0) 103
1961-63 Appleton Xavier 104
1963 Wausau (9-0-0) 106
1964 Oshkosh (8-0-0) 107
1964 Superior 107
1964 Platteville (8-0-0) 109
1966 Neenah (8-0-0) 110
Elmwood vs St. Croix Central 1966 110
1967 Milwaukee Boy’s Tech (8-0-0) 111
1969 Eau Claire Memorial (8-1-0) 112
1969 Chilton (8-0-0) 112
1970 Green Bay Premontre (11-0-0) 113
1972 Antigo (9-0-0) 114
The Streaks 115
Wisconsin Football Coaches Association 120
Other Top Players and Coaches 121
1976-1999 127
WISAA Playoffs (1969-1999) 127
WIAA Playoffs (1976-1999) 129
How the Football Play-offs Began 133
The McDonell Flying Circus 135
1978 Antigo (12-0-0) 137
1979-80 Kenosha Tremper 137
1980-81 Cashton 139
1983 Schofield D.C. Everest 140
1984 Manawa (10-1-0) 140
1984-87 Manitowoc 141
1986 Stratford (12-0-0) 143
1989 Marinette (13-0-0) 144
1990s Monroe and Menomonie 144
1992 Appleton West (13-0-0) 147
1994 Hartland Arrowhead (13-0-0) 148
1994 Mayville (13-0-0) 148
1994 Milwaukee Marquette 149
1997 Flambeau (13-0-0) 149
1998 Schofield D.C. Everest (14-0-0) 150
1999 Owen-Withee (14-0-0) 151
The First Touchdown and More 152
Other Players and Coaches 153
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2000-2018 159
WIAA State Champions 159
2000 Oshkosh North (14-0-0) 163
2000 Sheboygan Falls (14-0-0) 164
2001 Lancaster (14-0-0) 164
2003 D.C. Everest (14-0-0) 165
2004 Wisconsin Lutheran (14-0-0) 166
2003-08 Stratford 167
2006 Franklin (14-0-0) 170
2007 Owen-Withee (12-1-0) 171
2009 Milwaukee Marquette (14-0-0) 171
2009-10 Edgar 172
2009-12 Fond du Lac St Mary’s Springs 173
2010 Kenosha Bradford (11-2-0) 175
2009-12 Waunakee 176
2011 West De Pere (14-0-0) 177
2013 Shiocton (14-0-0) 178
2013 Black Hawk (14-0-0) 178
2014 Menasha (14-0-0) 179
2015 Amherst (14-0-0) 180
2016 Cedar Grove-Belgium (12-2-0) 180
2013-17 Kimberly 181
2018 Mequon Homestead (14-0-0) 183
2018 Waukesha Catholic Memorial (13-1-0) 184
2019 Stratford (13-1-0) 185
Other Players and Coaches 187
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8-Man Football 194
Jamborees 195
2015 Luck (9-1-0) 196
Playoff Champions 196
2018 Sevastopol (11-1-0) 197
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The Storytellers 198
2020 and Beyond 200
Acknowledgements 202
Bibliography 203
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Appendix i
Longest Winning Streaks i
“Perfect” Seasons ii
Most Consecutive Shutouts iii
Highest Scoring Seasons iv
State Championships v
All-Time Winningest Programs vii
All-Time Winningest Coaches viii
Individual Highlights ix
Player of the Year xii
Coach of the Year xvii
Milwaukee Journal Team of the Century (1993) xix