Honors
- He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1964.
- The UW has retired his number 40; it was added to the facade of Camp Randall Stadium on October 28, 2006.
- In 1999, he was ranked number 89 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
- He was named to the NFL all-time all-star team.
- Since 1981, the Crazylegs Classic, an 8-kilometer race leading through downtown Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, has been held in his honor each spring.
- For his contribution to sports in Los Angeles, he was honored with a Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum "Court of Honor" plaque by the Coliseum commissioners.
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