Denny Brauer

(1949- ) born at Seward. Professional angler, since starting fulltime professional bass fishing in 1981, he has entered over 235 events, ranking first in career winnings with nearly $2 million, earned B.A.S.S. Angler of Year title in 1987 and the 1993 Bassmaster Megabucks Championship, was first angler to have picture appear on box of Wheaties in 1998, hosted television show on ESPN channel titled “The Bass Class With Denny Brauer,” has designed bass fishing lures and helped popularize fishing techniques of “flipping and pitching,” co-authored Denny Brauer’s Jig Fishing Secrets (Outdoor World Press, 1997), and inducted into Pro Bass Fishing Hall of Fame at Hot Springs, Arkansas in 2002. Consult Lincoln Journal Star, June 25, 1998, p. C-1 and Sports Illustrated, August 24, 1998, pp. 40-44 and Missouri Conservationist, August 1999 and Esquire, August 2004, pp. 120-131 and Omaha World Herald, August 27, 2005, p. C-1, C-2.

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