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The Wisconsin Hoofers of the Wisconsin Union is a group of outdoor recreational clubs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, operated by the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The Wisconsin Hoofers was begun in 1920 by a group of Norwegian exchange students who built a ski jump on the UW-Madison campus by Lake Mendota. The club was originally called the Badger Ski Club. Porter Butts, the first director of the Memorial Union (Wisconsin), was instrumental in establishing the Wisconsin Hoofers. The first Hoofers club, a skiing and outing club, was established in 1931, modeled after the Dartmouth Outing Club. The name "hoofers" is similar to the term "heelers" used for the new members of the Dartmouth club and reportedly was designed to imply "getting there under your own power." In 1976 Hoofers li

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rdfs:comment	The Wisconsin Hoofers of the Wisconsin Union is a group of outdoor recreational clubs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, operated by the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The Wisconsin Hoofers was begun in 1920 by a group of Norwegian exchange students who built a ski jump on the UW-Madison campus by Lake Mendota. The club was originally called the Badger Ski Club. Porter Butts, the first director of the Memorial Union (Wisconsin), was instrumental in establishing the Wisconsin Hoofers. The first Hoofers club, a skiing and outing club, was established in 1931, modeled after the Dartmouth Outing Club. The name "hoofers" is similar to the term "heelers" used for the new members of the Dartmouth club and reportedly was designed to imply "getting there under your own power." In 1976 Hoofers li (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	American Sailing Association Yacht clubs in the United States Mull 34 Walter Bietila Peter Barrett (sailor) University of Wisconsin–Madison Massachusetts Institute of Technology Memorial Union (Wisconsin) Sailing Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics University of Wisconsin–Madison Ski jumping Horseshoe University outdoors clubs Dartmouth Outing Club Gunwales College sports teams in Wisconsin Harken, Inc. 1920 establishments in Wisconsin Lake Mendota World War II Vanguard Sailboats Intercollegiate Sailing Association Wisconsin Union Sailboards Sailing club dbr:Paul_Bietila
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://www.hoofermountaineering.org/ http://www.hooferouting.org/ http://www.hooferridingclub.org/ http://www.hoofersailing.org/ http://www.hooferscuba.org/ http://www.hoofersns.org/ http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/UW/subcollections/HoofersClubAbout.html http://www.skisprungschanzen.com/EN/Ski+Jumps/USA-United+States/WI-Wisconsin/Madison/0744-Muir+Knoll/
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has abstract	The Wisconsin Hoofers of the Wisconsin Union is a group of outdoor recreational clubs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, operated by the Wisconsin Union Directorate. The Wisconsin Hoofers was begun in 1920 by a group of Norwegian exchange students who built a ski jump on the UW-Madison campus by Lake Mendota. The club was originally called the Badger Ski Club. Porter Butts, the first director of the Memorial Union (Wisconsin), was instrumental in establishing the Wisconsin Hoofers. The first Hoofers club, a skiing and outing club, was established in 1931, modeled after the Dartmouth Outing Club. The name "hoofers" is similar to the term "heelers" used for the new members of the Dartmouth club and reportedly was designed to imply "getting there under your own power." In 1976 Hoofers listed over 5,600 members. The emblem of the club in its current form is the capital "W" overlaid by the horseshoe (which looks like "U", thus alluding to the "U of W"). (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of college and university outing clubs University of Wisconsin–Madison Memorial Union (Wisconsin) Hoofer Equestrian Center Harold C. Bradley Harold C. Bradley House Wisconsin Union Hoofer Sailing Club
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