Stu Voigt

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1948|8|12
Birthplace=Madison, Wisconsin
Position=Tight End
College=Wisconsin
DraftedYear=1970
DraftedRound=10 / Pick 259
DatabaseFootball=VOIGTSTU01
PFR=VoigSt00
years=1970-1980
teams=Minnesota Vikings
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Stu Voigt is a former NFL tight end.Voigt was born in 1948 in the rough and tumble Westmorland district of Madison, Wisconsin. He graduated from Madison West High School in 1966, where he was an all-state running back and track and field standout. His state record in shot put of 66 feet 7 inches, set in 1966, was not broken until 2005. [cite web | url=http://www.wisconsintrackandfield.com/news/2005/AOY.html | title= 2005 Athletes of the Year | work=Wisconsin High School Track and Field | accessdate = 2006-07-27] He accepted a football scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a star halfback and tight end on some of the worst teams in Badger history, which won just three games from 1967 - 1969. [cite web | url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/wisconsin_database.htm | title=Wisconsin Football History Database | work=NationalChamps.net | accessdate=2006-07-27]

In 1970, he was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings and played in three Super Bowls before retiring after the 1980 season.

He is now Chairman of the Board of First Commercial Bank in Bloomington, Minnesota. [cite web | url=http://www.1stcommercialbank.com | title=1st Commercial Bank | accessdate=2006-07-27]

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