Wisconsin sports includes numerous professional and amateur sporting teams, events, and venues located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin is represented by major-league teams in the three most popular spectator sports in the United States: American football, baseball, and basketball. The Green Bay Packers have been part of the National Football League since the league's second season in 1921 and currently hold the record for the most NFL titles, earning the city of Green Bay the nickname "Titletown".
Wisconsin is also rich in college sports. Below are Wisconsin's teams participating in the NCAA:
Boxing–1939, 1942, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1956
Men's Cross Country–1982, 1983, 1985, 1988, 2005, 2011
Men's Ice Hockey–1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006
Men's Indoor Track & Field–2007
Men's Rowing–1951, 1959, 1966, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1986, 1990, 2008
Men's Soccer–1995
Men's Ultimate Frisbee–2003, 2007, 2008 (This is a club team known as the Wisconsin Hodags)
Women's Cross Country–1984, 1985
Women's Ice Hockey–2006, 2007, 2009, 2011
Women's Rowing–2006, 2008, 2009
Individual champions include...
Boxing—Bobby Fadner, 1936; Gene Rankin, 1939, 1941, 1942; Omar Crocker, 1939; Woody Swancutt, 1939, 1940; Truman Torgeson, 1939; Nick Lee, 1940; Warren Jollymore, 1942; Cliff Lutz, 1942, 1943, 1947; George Makris, 1942, 1943; Don Miller, 1943; Myron Miller, 1943; Verdayne John, 1943; John Lendenski, 1947; Steve Gremban, 1948; Don Dickinson, 1948; Calvin Vernon, 1948; Vito Parisi, 1948; Bob Rank, 1951, 1952; Bob Morgan, 1952; Pat Streenan, 1953; Ray Zale, 1953; Bob Meath, 1954, Dean Plemmons, 1956; Dick Bartman, 1956; Vince Ferguson, 1956; Orville Pitts, 1956; Truman Sturdevant, 1956; Charles Mohr, 1959; Brown McGhee, 1960; Jerry Turner, 1960
Men's Cross Country—Tim Hacker, 1985; Simon Bairu, 2004, 2005
Men's Indoor Track & Field individual champions—Ray Arrington, 1967, 1968, 1969; Mark Winzenried, 1970, 1971; Pat Matzdorf, 1971; Jason Casiano, 1996; Chris Solinsky, 2005, 2006, 2007
Men's Outdoor Track & Field individual champions—Lloyd Wilder, 1921; Chuck Fenske, 1937; Walter Mehl, 1939; Bobby Ray, 1944; Don Gehrmann, 1948, 1949, 1950; Walter Deike, 1952; Pat Matzdorf, 1970; Mark Winzenried, 1971; Skip Kent, 1973; Randy Jackson, 1980; Donovan Bergstrom, 1993; Pascal Dobert, 1997; James Dunkleberger, 1997; Reggie Torian, 1997; Chris Solinsky, 2006, 2007
Men's Swimming—Winston Kratz, 1927; Fred Westphal, 1959
Wrestling—Rick Lawinger, 1974; Pat Christenson, 1976; Jack Reinwand, 1976; Lee Kemp, 1976, 1977, 1978; Jim Haines, 1977; Ron Jeidy, 1978; Andy Rein, 1980; Jim Jordan, 1985, 1986; Dave Lee, 1989; Matt Demaray, 1991, 1992; Jeff Walter, 1996; Danny Pritzlaff, 2000, 2001; Andrew Howe, 2010
Women's Cross Country--Cathy Branta, 1984; Kathy Butler, 1995; Erica Palmer, 1999
Women's Indoor Track & Field individual champions—Pat Johnson, 1980, 1981; Pam Moore, 1981; Cathy Branta, 1984; Stephanie Herbst, 1986; Suzy Favor Hamilton, 1987, 1989, 1990 (two events); Clare Eichner, 1993 (two events); Amy Wickus, 1993, 1995
Women's Outdoor Track & Field individual champions—Pat Johnson, 1982; Rose Thomson, 1982; Cathy Branta, 1984, 1985, 1986; Stephanie Herbst, 1986 (two events); Suzy Favor Hamilton, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (two events); Sue Gentes, 1982; Clare Eichner, 1993 (two events); Kim Sherman, 1993; Kathy Butler, 1995, 1996, 1997; Amy Wickus, 1995
Women's Swimming—D’Lynn Damron, 1970, 1973; Peggy Anderson, 1976; Maggie Meyer, 2011