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Milton Wildcats Football
The Milton Wildcats football program represented Milton College in college football. Milton fielded its first football team in 1899 and its last in 1981 before the school closed in 1982. No teams were fielded from 1904 to 1915 and from 1943 to 1945. During this time, the college produced seven All-Americans and nine conference titles, in 1935, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1981. The Wildcats played in 419 games during this time with a record of 194–207–18. The program was a member of the Illini–Badger Football Conference from 1975 to 1982. Milton's final head coach was Rudy Gaddini, who helmed the team from 1970 to 1981, compiling a record of 61–43–5. Two of Gaddini's players at Milton, Dave Kraayeveld and Dave Krieg David Michael Krieg ( ; born October 20, 1958) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Milton College in his home state of Wisconsin and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free a ...
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Milton, Wisconsin
Milton is a city in Rock County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,716 at the 2020 census. History The city was formed as a result of the 1967 merger of the villages of Milton and Milton Junction. In November of that year, ballots were cast by 1,093 voters from both villages (Milton: 515 to 47 in favor of the merge; Milton Junction: 322 to 201 in favor of the merge), and the referendum to merge the two was approved by 77%. Originally named Prairie du Lac, Milton was settled in 1838 by Joseph Goodrich, who from Alfred, New York came with his family to the locality for religious and educational reasons. As soon as he moved he organized a Seventh Day Baptist Church in November 1840 and in 1844 a school that would later become a college, and he also built an inn, a Milton House, without crossing two trade routes. The Milton House is today one of the oldest poured grout structures in the United States.Doug Welch. ''Milton.'' (Images of America) Charleston, S. Car. ...
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Milton College
Milton College was a private college located in Milton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1844 as the Milton Academy, it closed in 1982. Its campus is now part of the Milton Historic District. History The college was founded as the Milton Academy (high school) by a group of early Milton settlers, including Milton House owner Joseph Goodrich. It eventually grew to encompass 16 buildings spread over . Its music department was renowned, and a high percentage of foreign students for the era kept the student body diverse. Although initially many of the students came from Milton, in later years alumni of the college would stay in Milton or return. Closing On May 15, 1982, Milton College abruptly closed its doors. At the time, it was Wisconsin's oldest continually operating college. The college's board of trustees had voted 18-2 to close the campus following a notification from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools that the college's accreditation would be dropped in the fall term ...
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College Football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most other sports in North America, no official minor league farm organizations exist in American or Canadian football. Therefore, college football is generally considered to be the second tier of American and Canadian football; one step ahead of high school competition, and one step below professional competition (the NFL). In some areas of the US, especially the South and the Midwest, college football is more popular than professional football, and for much of the 20th century college football was seen as more prestigious. A player's performance in college football directly impacts his chances of playing professional football. The best collegiate players will typically declare for the professional draft after three to four years of colleg ...
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Illini–Badger Football Conference
The Illini-Badger Football Conference (IBFC) was an athletic conference with the NCAA's Division III. Member teams were located in Illinois and Wisconsin. As the name indicates, member teams only competed in football. They participated in other athletic conferences in other sports. The conference's last season was in 2007. In 1989, the conference changed its name to the Illini–Badger–Hawkeye Football Conference and added four new members: Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, Greenville College—now known as Greenville University—in Greenville, Illinois, MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois, and Iowa Wesleyan College—now known as Iowa Wesleyan University—in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Member teams during final season * Aurora University * Benedictine University * Concordia University Chicago * Concordia University Wisconsin * Eureka College * Greenville College * Lakeland College * MacMurray College Former members * Iowa Wesleyan College (1989–1992) * Milton ...
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Rudy Gaddini
Rudy Gaddini (born ) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach and Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin from 1970 to 1981, compiling a record of 61–43–5. A native of Chicago, Gaddini attended Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois, where he played high school football and was an all-state fullback. He moved on to Michigan State University, where played college football for the Spartans Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ... in 1955 and 1956. Head coaching record College football References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaddini, Rudy 1930s births Living people Year of birth uncertain American football fullbacks American football halfbacks Dakota State Trojans football coaches Michigan State Spartans football players ...
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Dave Kraayeveld
David Ray Kraayeveld (born October 26, 1955) is a former American football. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Seattle Seahawks in 1978 as a defensive end and defensive tackle. Kraayeveld played at the college football at Milton College and the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Early life Kraayeveld was born on October 26, 1955 in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. He played football at the now-defunct Milton College and at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. His coach, Rudy Gaddini, suggested Gil Brandt of the Dallas Cowboys take a look at Kraayeveld. Dallas scouts tested hin and put into their rookie camp for workouts. He and Dave Krieg, who also played for the Seahawks, are the only two people to have attended Milton College to play in the NFL. Career As a 23-year-old rookie, Kraayeveld played defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys in a preseason game in Denver on August 12, 1978 in which the Cowboys topped the Broncos, 21–14. The Seattle Se ...
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Dave Krieg
David Michael Krieg ( ; born October 20, 1958) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Milton College in his home state of Wisconsin and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. In his 19-year NFL career, Krieg played for the Seahawks (1980–1991), Kansas City Chiefs (1992–1993), Detroit Lions (1994), Arizona Cardinals (1995), Chicago Bears (1996), and Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998). College career At Milton, a now-defunct small private college in Milton, Wisconsin, Krieg began as the 7th-string quarterback for his school's NAIA team, the Wildcats. Given the opportunity to play in the fourth game of his freshman season (1976), he completed four passes—three of them for touchdowns—and continued to play well enough to start for the rest of his college career. He and Dave Kraayeveld (who also played for the Seahawks) are the only NFL players to have attended Milton College. Professional career In 19 seasons ...
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world. Each NFL season begins with a three-week preseason in August, followed by the 18-week regular season which runs from early September to early January, with each team playing 17 games and having one bye week In sport, a bye is the preferential status of a player or team that is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round. In knockout (elimination) tournaments they can be granted eit .... Following the conclusion of the regular season, seven teams from each conference (four division winners and three wild card teams) advance to the p ...
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Wisconsin State Journal
The ''Wisconsin State Journal'' is a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper, the second largest in Wisconsin, is primarily distributed in a 19 county region in south-central Wisconsin. As of September 2018, the ''Wisconsin State Journal'' had an average weekday circulation of 51,303 and an average Sunday circulation of 64,820. The ''State Journal'' is the state's official newspaper of record, and statutes and laws passed are regarded as official seven days after the publication of a state legal notice. The State Journal's editorial board earned the newsroom's first Pulitzer finalist honor in 2008 for its "persistent, high-spirited campaign against abuses in the governor's veto power." The state's constitution was amended after the innovative, multi-media editorial campaign and the governor's veto power was limited. The staff of the ''Wisconsin State Journal'' was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 20 ...
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Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the county seat of Dane County and the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census the population was 269,840, making it the second-largest city in Wisconsin by population, after Milwaukee, and the 80th-largest in the U.S. The city forms the core of the Madison Metropolitan Area which includes Dane County and neighboring Iowa, Green, and Columbia counties for a population of 680,796. Madison is named for American Founding Father and President James Madison. The city is located on the traditional land of the Ho-Chunk, and the Madison area is known as ''Dejope'', meaning "four lakes", or ''Taychopera'', meaning "land of the four lakes", in the Ho-Chunk language. Located on an isthmus and lands surrounding four lakes—Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa—the city is home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the Wisconsin State Capitol, the Overture Center for the Arts, and the Henry Vilas Zoo. Madison is ho ...
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Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th ...
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Milton Wildcats Football
The Milton Wildcats football program represented Milton College in college football. Milton fielded its first football team in 1899 and its last in 1981 before the school closed in 1982. No teams were fielded from 1904 to 1915 and from 1943 to 1945. During this time, the college produced seven All-Americans and nine conference titles, in 1935, 1956, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1981. The Wildcats played in 419 games during this time with a record of 194–207–18. The program was a member of the Illini–Badger Football Conference from 1975 to 1982. Milton's final head coach was Rudy Gaddini, who helmed the team from 1970 to 1981, compiling a record of 61–43–5. Two of Gaddini's players at Milton, Dave Kraayeveld and Dave Krieg David Michael Krieg ( ; born October 20, 1958) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Milton College in his home state of Wisconsin and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free a ...
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