According to the UW Department of Athletics, the Portage Plumber was Terry Westegard, a steamfitter from Portage, Wis. He appeared at home games from 1976 to 1982 to help entertain the crowd during the fourth quarter of disappointing football games. After a winning season in 1981, the Portage Plumber disappeared, presumably because the games became more interesting.
At football games in the late ’70s and early ’80s (during the drums and pompon routine in the third or fourth quarter), a guy wearing overalls and a wool Badger football helmet came racing out of the stands to do a routine with the girls. What ever happened to the Portage Plumber, and why did he stop performing?
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