A fact from Dick Wildung appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 July 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
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... that Minnesota's Dick Wildung played for back-to-back national championship teams and was twice selected as a consensus All-American?
Sources: here ("Dick Wildung was a three-year starter at right tackle for the Golden Gophers, anchoring the back-to-back national championship teams of 1940 and 1941.") and here p 25 (showing Wildung as Consensus AA in both 1941 and 1942)
@Bruxton: Thanks, Bruxton. The article previously said the 1941 team "repeated" as national champion, but I've now made it more explicit as stated in the hook, with this edit. Cbl62 (talk) 03:42, 1 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]