Background
Voigt was born in 1948 in the Westmorland district of Madison, Wisconsin.
Voigt was born in 1948 in the Westmorland district of Madison, Wisconsin.
He graduated from Madison West High School in 1966, where he was an all-state running back and track and field standout.
His state record in shot put of 66 feet 7 inches, set in 1966, was not broken until 2005. In 1970, Voigt was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings and played in three Super Bowls before retiring after the 1980 season. From 1981 to 1989, he was a color commentator on Vikings radio broadcasts.
He is the former Chairman of the Board of First Commercial Bank in Bloomington, Minnesota.
He is currently (4/15/2015) facing charges in a Ponzi scheme: two counts of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Four counts of mail fraud.
Five counts of bank fraud. And seven counts of giving false statements on a loan application.
Gardner also faces one count of making monetary transactions in criminally-derived property.