Tiger Hall of Famer Buss dies

Former Marshfield High School sports standout Dave Buss passed away
earlier this month at the age of 86.  Buss was a 1956 Marshfield High
School graduate, who played football, basketball and baseball for the
Tigers.  He led the Tiger boys basketball team in scoring with 364
points in 1956, and remains 24-th on Marshfield's career boys
basketball scoring list with 625 points.  Buss played college baseball
at Florida State, and later received college degrees from UW-Eau Claire
and Winona State.  He was selected by Vince Lombardi to be the first
men's basketball coach at UW-Green Bay, and remains the winningest
men's basketball coach in Phoenix history.  He led Green Bay to three
NCAA Division II Final Fours, and also led the school's transition from
Division II to Division I athletics.  Buss also assisted Jerry
Tarkanian at Nevada-Las Vegas, and served as head coach at Long Beach
State and at St. Olaf of Minnesota.  Upon retiring, Buss and his wife
Ruth settled in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.  A celebration of Buss' life will
be held at Hansen-Schilling Funeral Home in Marshfield on Friday,
August 9, between 11:00 and 1:00.  Buss was inducted into the
Marshfield Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.