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William Olson

William Olson

  • Class
    1926
  • Induction
    1976
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball
• Played football, basketball and tennis
• Member of conference championship tennis team as a junior and senior
• Captain and top scorer on the basketball team his senior year
• Scored on dropkicks of 45 and 47 yards in 20-0 win over La Crosse
• During four years scored 18 times drop kicking the football
• His professional career spanned 44 years teaching and coaching, of which 34 were at Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, Wis.
• His football teams had an unbeaten string of 39 games
• Led his basketball team to the Wisconsin State Championship - 1942. 
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