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Ameche Ballroom We have dedicated our most expansive banquet and meeting room to a larger than life athlete, Alan D. Ameche. As a freshman football player at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Alan began to break Badger rushing records. In 1951 and 1952, Ameche led the Big Ten in rushing. Named the Big Ten MVP in 1954, he led the Badgers to the 1953 Rose Bowl and rushed for 133 yards in the game. He was the Big Ten rushing champion in 1951 and 1952 and had the first 1,000 yard season by a Badger in 1952 as a sophomore. He was named first-team All-Big Ten in 1952, 1953, and 1954. He set the NCAA career rushing mark of 3,345 yards. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975. He is one of only two only Heisman Trophy winners in Wisconsin football history, earning the award in 1954. (The other winner, Ron Dayne, won in 1999.) The InnTowner hosts the Wisconsin Badger football team in the Ameche Ballroom for dinner and breakfast preceding every home game. Links about Alan Ameche
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