Stu Voigt
| Date of birth | August 12, 1948 |
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| Place of birth | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Tight End |
| College | Wisconsin |
| NFL draft | 1970 / Round: 10 / Pick 259 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1970–1980 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Career stats | |
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Stu Voigt is a former NFL tight end. Voigt was born in 1948 in the 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.[1] 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.[2]
In 1970, Voigt was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings and played in three Super Bowls before retiring after the 1980 season. From 1981 to 1989, he was a color commentator on Vikings radio broadcasts.
He is the former Chairman of the Board of First Commercial Bank in Bloomington, Minnesota.[3] He is currently (4/15/2015) facing charges in a Ponzi scheme: two counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud; four counts of mail fraud; five counts of bank fraud; and seven counts of giving false statements on a loan application. Gardner also faces one count of making monetary transactions in criminally-derived property.[4]
References
- ↑ "2005 Athletes of the Year". Wisconsin High School Track and Field. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Football History Database". NationalChamps.net. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- ↑ "1st Commercial Bank". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
- ↑ "Local Fmr. Viking Accused Of Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme". CBS Minnesota. 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-05-15.