Dean Talafous said he was surprised when he got the call from University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez’s office telling him he’d been selected for the Badger Athletic Hall of Fame.
“It’s been 40 years,” Talafous said. “I think it’s safe to say I thought they probably forgot about me.”
Talafous, a hero during the Wisconsin hockey team’s first NCAA title run in 1973 and coach of UW-River Falls’ 1995 national championship team, is one of eight individuals who will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame Friday, Aug. 30, and honored at halftime of the Badger football team’s game against Massachusetts the following day.
“It’s been 40 years,” Talafous said. “I think it’s safe to say I thought they probably forgot about me.”
Talafous, a hero during the Wisconsin hockey team’s first NCAA title run in 1973 and coach of UW-River Falls’ 1995 national championship team, is one of eight individuals who will be inducted into the Wisconsin Athletics Hall of Fame Friday, Aug. 30, and honored at halftime of the Badger football team’s game against Massachusetts the following day.
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