Lavvie Dilweg (’27): MU Law’s Contribution to the NFL (and to Congress)
Marquette University eliminated its varsity football team in 1960, and the heroics of the Golden Avalanche, Hilltoppers, and Warriors (as the team was variously known) are now dimly remembered, if at all. There was a time, however, when Marquette produced a steady supply of players for the National Football League. Beginning in 1920, a total [...]