Wisconsin Sports Mount Rushmore
Posted on | January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment | by Jon
I hate borrowing a topic from someone else, but Steve “The Homer” True on ESPN 540 was discussing a topic so engaging I just had to bring it to the PocketDoppler masses. If you had to place four faces on the Wisconsin Sports Mount Rushmore, who would they be? What is your criteria?
Following are my selections:
Vince Lombardi — an easy one
Brett Favre — another easy one
Al McGuire — a National Championship, an NIT Championship when it meant something, an outstanding broadcast career, and a thoroughly unique personality make him a no-brainer for me.
Ron Dayne — Heisman Trophy Winner and All-Time NCAA leading rusher make him a slim winner over Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and part-time Wisconsin athlete Henry Aaron.
Your picks?
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January 28th, 2009 @ 3:33 am
Personally, I would substitute Bart Starr for Brett Favre. Fair or not, QBs are generally judged by winning. 5 NFL Championships and 2 Super Bowl MVPs clearly trumps Favre IMO. Invoking Mt. Rushmore implies character and no WI sports figure had more character and class than Starr. If you’re going to pick a Heisman winner from WI, Alan Ameche added an NFL title to his resume. I would even suggest that Robin Yount deserves consideration as he spent his entire career with the Brewers. But Lombardi is indisputable.