Carl Alexander Holtz (December 11, 1920 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - July 8, 2006 in Waukesha, Wisconsin) was a local conservationist, a former USAAF officer, and an All-American stroke in an intergroup crew. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame and National Crew Hall of Fame, and he is considered one of the most powerful blows ever to sit in a shell.
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Life
Although only a toddler, Holtz was abandoned by his father. Finance in such a way that Carl had to take a job with the local Sears Roebuck store, a position he held for two years until he had saved enough money to pay for college.
Carl is enrolled at the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One of his most influential professors was the famous Aldo Leopold, who gave a deep appreciation of the land and sense of conservationism.
Athletics, sports, and activities are very important for Carl, because he feels he must always be active or doing something. At the same time, he joins Badger's football team as a freshman, and remains on the Freshman/Junior Varsity team for this year (at that time, the football program has dedicated lower level teams under Varsity, and "redshirting " not available ). There, he meets people like All-American Pat Harder, whom he befriends and who...
Holtz enrolled in the United States Air Force Air Force in late 1942 and was sent for training in Kansas and Texas. He was given the nickname of the "Tarzan" class.
He is cross-trained, and receives a naval driver badge and a bombardier badge. He flown many bombing missions to Germany.
CHAMPION OARSMAN
He is unmatched as a stroke at the University of Wisconsin paddling. He led his crew of 8 - some of whom became lifelong friends - to win the prestigious East Sprints in 1946, the same year he was named All-American. In 1948, Holtz followed his rowing coach, Allen Walz, to Yale, where he trained a freshman crew.
Co-owner at a Connecticut blueberry farm, he decided to return home to Wisconsin to find a larger farm to raise a growing family. In 1957 Holtz bought a dilapidated farmland outside Mukwonago, Wisconsin known as Mayflower Plantation, a misnomer for the wild Pasque flowers that grew in his pasture.
To supplement his family's income, Holtz took on a job as a Rural Letters Trader in the area, serving the villages and towns of Mukwonago, Vernon, Caldwell and North Prairie.
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Death
Carl Holtz died, secretly, from complications due to Alzheimer's disease in the morning of July 8, 2006. He had been diagnosed with the disease about three years earlier.
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- On June 7, the week before the August 13, 1948 "Yankee Yankees Anniversary Celebration" celebration held by New York Yankees, Babe Ruth visited Yale to present an autobiographical manuscript to the Yale baseball team. A parade has been improvised, and Holtz was quickly approached to lend a gray Chevrolet convertible to transport Ruth to the parade route. Holtz has the only convertible in New Haven, and thus encourages "Swat Sultan" around the campus and presents it for a service ceremony. On the field, team captain George H. W. Bush accepted the manuscript.
- The current Shell Varsity-8 for the UW male crew is named Carl Holtz '47 in his honor.
References
- Wisconsin, Where They Row , Brad Taylor (University of Wisconsin-Madison Press 2005, ISBNÃ, 0-299-20530-4)
External sources
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel article
- Babe Ruth Donates Her Manuscript to Yale
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