Itâ??s hard to overstate just how good an athlete Don Voss was.
In 1951, he was part of the University of Wisconsin football team and its famous “Hard Rocks” defense, the top defensive unit in the country. UW track coach Riley Best wanted Voss, too, asking football coach Ivy Williamson if Voss could skip spring football practice to compete as a hurdler.
Williamson gave the OK. Voss became an All-American in track.