Football program Dad's Day, October 17, 1931

Date

• October 17, 1931

Summary

• Cover of the Dad's Day football program, October 17, 1931 (Wisconsin 21, Purdue 14). Dad's Day began in 1920, when Robert Butts persuaded members of his fraternity to invite their fathers en masse to a football game. The idea caught on and became campus-wide in 1925.