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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1912-07-28)July 28, 1912 St. Bonifacius, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | May 14, 1991(1991-05-14) (aged 78) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1933–1935 | Minnesota |
| Position | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1936–1942 | Amherst (line) |
| 1943 | Minnesota (ends) |
| 1944–1945 | Colgate (line) |
| 1946 | Franklin & Marshall (line) |
| 1947–1948 | Lafayette (line) |
| 1949–1955 | Wisconsin (line) |
| 1956–1966 | Wisconsin |
| Basketball | |
| 1946–1947 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Baseball | |
| 1947 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1967–1969 | Wisconsin (assistant AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 52–45–6 (football) 7–9 (basketball) 9–5 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
As coach:
As player: | |
| Awards | |
| Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) Hall of Fame (inducted in 1988) | |
Milton Caspar Bruhn (July 28, 1912 – May 14, 1991) was an Americanfootball player and coach. He served as the head coach at theUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison from 1956 to 1966, compiling a record of 52–45–6 (.534). Bruhn led theWisconsin Badgers to two outrightBig Ten Conference championships in1959 and1962. His teams had two straight seven-win seasons, in1958 and 1959, and an 8–2 record in 1962, with the two losses coming atOhio State, 14–7, and against #1USC, 42–37, in the1963 Rose Bowl. Wisconsin ended the 1962 season with a #2 ranking, which remain the highestAP Poll andUPI/Coaches' Poll season-ending rankings for the Wisconsin football program in the history of these polls.
Bruhn attended high school inMound, Minnesota, where he played football andbasketball. He enrolled at theUniversity of Minnesota in 1932. Bruhn playedleft guard for the Gopher teams that went undefeated and wonBig Ten Conference championships in 1934 and 1935. Bruhn also playedcatcher on thebaseball team at Minnesota that won the Big Ten Conference championship in 1935. He captained the baseball team in his senior year.[1]
Following his graduation from Minnesota in 1936, Bruhn went toAmherst College as football line coach and freshman coach in basketball and baseball. He remained there until 1943 when he returned to his alma mater, Minnesota, asends coach. He joined theColgate University football staff as line coach in 1944, then moved on toFranklin & Marshall College as line coach, in addition to being head baseball and basketball coach. He went toLafayette College in 1947 as line coach underIvy Williamson and then served as line coach on Williamson's staff at Wisconsin from 1949 to 1955. He succeeded Williamson as head football coach, when the latter moved to the position ofathletic director following the death ofGuy Sundt. After his tenure as head football coach at Wisconsin, Bruhn remained at Wisconsin as assistant athletic director from 1967 to 1969.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin Badgers(Big Ten Conference)(1956–1966) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Wisconsin | 1–5–3 | 0–4–3 | 9th | |||||
| 1957 | Wisconsin | 6–3 | 4–3 | T–4th | 14 | 19 | |||
| 1958 | Wisconsin | 7–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 2nd | 6 | 7 | |||
| 1959 | Wisconsin | 7–3 | 5–2 | 1st | LRose | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1960 | Wisconsin | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9th | |||||
| 1961 | Wisconsin | 6–3 | 4–3 | 5th | 18 | ||||
| 1962 | Wisconsin | 8–2 | 6–1 | 1st | LRose | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1963 | Wisconsin | 5–4 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| 1964 | Wisconsin | 3–6 | 2–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1965 | Wisconsin | 2–7–1 | 2–5 | T–7th | |||||
| 1966 | Wisconsin | 3–6–1 | 2–4–1 | T–7th | |||||
| Wisconsin: | 52–45–6 | 35–37–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 52–45–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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