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American football player
Billy Marek
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Position
| Running back
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Born:
| c. 1954
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Height
| 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
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Weight
| 185 lb (84 kg)
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Billy Marek
(born c. 1954) is a former
American football
running back
. He played
college football
for the
University of Wisconsin?Madison
from 1972 to 1975.
In his high school football career at
St. Rita of Cascia High School
in Illinois, Marek was named the MVP (most valuable player) of the 1972
Chicago Prep Bowl
,
[1]
a game in which St. Rita defeated
Morgan Park High School
.
[2]
Playing for the
Wisconsin Badgers football
team from 1972 to 1975, Marek gained more than 1,200 rushing yards for three consecutive years from 1973 to 1975.
[3]
[4]
[5]
He concluded his college football career with 740 yards and 13 touchdowns in the final three games of the 1974 season, including a
Wisconsin Badgers football
record 304 rushing yards against Minnesota. Of course this didn't actually 'conclude his career' since he played the whole next season yet.
[6]
He also set Wisconsin career records with 3,709 rushing yards and 277 points scored, led the country with 114 points in 1974, and was named the State of Wisconsin's "Sports Personality of the Year" in 1974.
[7]
He was inducted into the University of Wisconsin Hall of Fame in 1994.
[7]
Marek did not have a substantial professional career but did briefly play for the
Chicago Fire
of the minor league
American Football Association
in 1981.
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
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Schnay, Jerry (November 29, 1973).
"Who will be Prep Bowl MVP?"
. Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
7 December
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
- ^
"CCL Football A Tradition of Excellence"
.
chicagocatholicleague.com
.
Chicago Catholic League
. Retrieved
April 1,
2015
.
- ^
"Billy Marek Stats"
.
SR/College Football
. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from
the original
on June 1, 2015
. Retrieved
April 22,
2015
.
- ^
"Billy Marek"
. University of Wisconsin. Archived from
the original
on April 14, 2015
. Retrieved
April 22,
2015
.
- ^
Ed Pavlick.
"Billy Marek of Wisconsin"
(PDF)
.
College Football Historical Society Newsletter
.
- ^
"Marek led last victory at Iowa"
.
The Milwaukee Journal
. November 1, 1984.
- ^
a
b
"Billy Marek (1994)"
. University of Wisconsin. Archived from
the original
on March 8, 2016
. Retrieved
April 22,
2015
.