Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame: Dr. Alvin C. Kraenzlein

© Photographed August 14, 2016
Erected 1953 by the Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company

Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

43.042288, -87.916127

43° 2.55′ N, 87° 54.967′ W

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DR. ALVIN C. KRAENZLEIN

Winner of four events in the Olympic Games of 1900 held at Paris, France. He was the first to accomplish this feat. He won the 60 meter dash-the 110 meter high hurdles-the 200 meter low hurdles and the running broad jump. He was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Elected 1952.

The marker is located at the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and is accessible from southbound North 4th Street, between West State Street (to the north) and West Kilbourn Avenue (to the south), at or near 400 West Kilbourn Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203.

Inductees honored at this site are members of the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame (established 1951). The Wisconsin Athletic Walk of Fame is a joint property of Wisconsin Sports Development Corporation and Wisconsin Center District.

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 Alvin Kraenzlein

1911 Michiganensian (University of Michigan yearbook), p. 223 

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 The marker is located at the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is located at the

UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. 

The Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame is located on the east side

of the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.