How you voted for most-impactful high school football player in Wisconsin
We gave you 10 suggestions and asked you to vote for the most-impactful Wisconsin high school football player ever. Here’s how you voted.
On May 4, we debuted the first in a series of reader polls asking who you consider the best high school football player in Wisconsin history, with 10 primary suggestions. We received well over 1,000 votes, and here's how people voted: Joe Thomas was voted as the most impactful player in Wisconsin high school football history As we said, trying to compare eras and arrive at a true list of Wisconsin's greats is a difficult undertaking. Our aim: Identifying trailblazers and trendsetters whose influence reaches beyond championships and statistics − and whose stories reflect a lasting impact on their state.
Naturally, that means the players in question weren't just high school standouts, though that part of the equation rates as highly important. They also went on to have success in college and the pros. We know recency bias is a thing, so we're not surprised that the top two choices in the voting among our 10 primary suggestions both came from the current century.
Of course, a pair of first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame locks make the call a good one. Here's how you voted: Joe Thomas, Brookfield Central: 231 votes J. J.
Watt, Pewaukee: 189 votes Alan Ameche, Kenosha: 109 votes Rocky Bleier, Appleton Xavier: 81 votes Mike Webster, Rhinelander: 64 votes Elroy Hirsch, Wausau: 61 votes Jim Leonhard, Flambeau: 47 votes Pat Richter, Madison East: 44 votes Bud Grant, Superior: 32 votes Michael Bennett, Milwaukee Tech: 23 votes Here are the other names suggested as the most impactful in Wisconsin history With the option to select someone other than our group of 10, we received more than 150 submissions, and those we could verify are listed below. More: Every Wisconsin high school alum taken in the NFL draft since 1990 These players received multiple votes John Anderson, Waukesha South Jim Bertelsen, Hudson Terry Brennan, Marquette Dave Casper, Chilton John Clay, Racine Park Jim Flanigan, Southern Door Melvin Gordon, Kenosha Bradford Steve Hougum, Westby Mike Jirschele, Clintonville Tony Kaboord, Sheboygan South Tim Krumrie, Mondovi Wagner Lester, Racine St. Catherine's John Matuszak, Oak Creek Jim Melka, West Allis Central Brent Moss, Racine Park Jim Otto, Wausau Carl Silvestri, Shorewood Aaron Stecker, Ashwaubenon Jerry Tagge, Green Bay West Mark Tauscher, Auburndale Matt Vanden Boom, Kimberly Stu Voigt, Madison West Don Voss, Milwaukee Washington Jack Wallisch, Port Washington T.
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