Wally Hilgenberg

United States

Football

B: September 19, 1942
D: September 23, 2008

1973 U.P.I. Second Team All-Conference

Hilgenberg was a linebacker who played collegiate ball at Iowa and was drafted in the fourth round by the Detroit Lions in 1964. After the 1967 season he was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but was waived by the Steelers and picked up by the Minnesota Vikings. He played for the Vikings from 1968 to 1979, appearing in Super Bowls IV, VII, IX and XI. He died in 2008 after a battle with ALS.

SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT

PLACE

POINTS

MONEY

EVENT WINS
1975 Superteams Football Preliminary

1

$6,200

1975 Superteams Final

2

$4,750

1977 Superteams Football Preliminary

1

 

$6,400

 
1977 Superteams Final

2

 

$4,100

 
TOTALS  

$21,250


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