Win Brockmeyer
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 16, 1907 Mankato, Minnesota |
| Died | March 14, 1980 (aged 72) |
| Playing career | |
| 1928 | Minnesota |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937–1970 | Wausau High School |
Win Brockmeyer (September 16, 1907 – March 14, 1980) was an American football coach from Wausau, Wisconsin.
Winfred Otto Brockmeyer was born in Mankato, Minnesota on September 16, 1907, the son of Otto and Margaret Brockmeyer. He attended the University of Minnesota where he played football under two legendary college football coaches, Doc Spears and Fritz Crisler. He played halfback for the Gophers in a backfield that included none-other than the fabled Bronco Nagurski. His best college day came in 1928 when he not only gained 166 yards rushing, but scored all the points in the Gophers’ upset of highly ranked Purdue University. He ran 46 yards for one touchdown and passed for two more and UM won 18-0.
After his graduation from UM, he played semi-pro ball with the Minnesota All Stars, but his greatest ability was in coaching, and he quickly gave up his player role to concentrate on coaching. He started at Fergus Falls, Minnesota from 1931–1933 and Faribault, Minnesota from 1933-1937. In 1937, he came to Wausau and found a home. In his forty years of coaching high school football, his teams had a combined record of 265 wins, 43 losses and 14 ties. His record at Wausau High was even better – 230 wins, 33 losses and 9 ties. Over those 34 seasons, his team either won outright or shared in 26 conference championships. “Win” didn’t just win at football. For years he coached basketball, among other sports, and his basketball teams compiled a record of 128 wins against 88 losses, and won the State Championship in his first year with the team.
But, it was at football that he really excelled, and Wausau High’s record in the early to mid-1940s was unequaled for many years. In 1939, Wausau won seven games and lost one. That one was the last game they would lose for years. In 1940, they not only went undefeated, but outscored their opponents 299 to 12, not giving up a single point until the final quarter of the final game of the year. In 1941, they went undefeated again and then again in 1943 and in 1945. They finally lost a game in 1946, with their 46-game winning streak setting a Wisconsin high school record for many years before it was broken in 1987 by Manitowoc Lincoln (48 straight games; 1984-1987) and later by Waunakee (48 games; 2009-2012). Mr. Brockmeyer's winning percentage of games is .845, making him one of the winningest football coaches in the history of the state of Wisconsin.
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