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When it comes to the best of the best among Wisconsin football players, we think we've come up with a pretty impressive list. Check it out. Listed in chronological order.

Dave Schreiner, Tight End (1940-42) The first two-time All-American in Wisconsin football history (1941-42), Schreiner is one of the great tight ends in the history. He was the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player in 1942, the same season he caught three touchdown passes in one quarter of a game. Schreiner, who was part of the 1943 East-West Shrine Game, passed up a chance to play in the NFL to serve with the United States Marines in World War II.



He died from wounds suffered during the Battle of Okinawa. Schreiner was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1955. Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch (1942) Hirsch played just one season with the Badgers, but it was good enough to earn him All-American honors and have his No.

40 retired by the school. In helping lead Wisconsin to an 8-1-1 record in 1942, the man known as "Crazylegs" rushed for 767 yards, threw for 226 and also intercepted six passes. From From there, however, Hirsch took his act to Michigan, where his training was to take place after he enlisted in the U.

S. Marines. A member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, Hirsch would return to Wisconsin, serving as the school's athletic director from 1969-'87.

Alan Ameche, Fullback/Linebacker (1951-54) Known as "The Horse" and the pride of Kenosha, Wis., Ameche has often been considered the grea.

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