Stu Voigt

Stu Voigt
Date of birth (1948-08-12) August 12, 1948
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

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

  1. "2005 Athletes of the Year". Wisconsin High School Track and Field. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  2. "Wisconsin Football History Database". NationalChamps.net. Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  3. "1st Commercial Bank". Retrieved 2006-07-27.
  4. "Local Fmr. Viking Accused Of Multi-Million Dollar Ponzi Scheme". Retrieved 2015-05-15. line feed character in |title= at position 6 (help)


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