Football coaches
In 1913 legendary football coach, Robert Zuppke, coached football for the University of Illinois (“Illinois” para. 1). Robert Zuppke led their 1914 football season to be undefeated! This created many more fans for the college football team (“Illinois” para.1). For 29 years Robert zuppke coached and he and his team won four national titles in the years of 1914, 1919, 1923, 1927 (“College” para. 8). Illinois third football coach, Edward Hall, had wrote the football code for proper conduct of players (“College” para. 14). From the years of 1971 through 1976 Bob Blackman was a football coach in Illinois (“College” para. 4). NFL stars Larry McCarren, Scott Studwell, and Revie Sorey were some of the players that Bob Blackman coached (“College” para. 4). Some coaches like George Woodruff only coached 1 season at the University of Illinois (“College” para. 11). Other coaches led the team to many victories though like Pete Elliott did in 1963 (“College” para. 3).
Football Players
There were many great football players for the University of Illinois. One of the best was a kid named Harold Grange (“College” para. 1). Harold Grange played for Illinois from 1923 through 1925 (“College” para. 1). In the Illinois vs. Michigan game in 1924 Grange made 6 touchdowns (“Illinois” para. 7). Grange made 4 of those scores in the first 12, or so minutes of that game (“Illinois” para. 7). Illinois won that day with a score of 39-14 (“Illinois” para. 7). Another football player at Illinois was Dick Butkus (“College” para. 2). He played from 1963-1964 and had the Butkus award for the outstanding collegiate linebacker named after him (“College” para. 2). Chuck Carney was the receiver in 1920 (“College” para. 5). He won All Ameri...
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...being 27-24 (Colangelo, Henson, Cook 15). Their winning game against Purdue was 25-19, and against peoria 38-19 was the score (Colangelo, Henson, Cook 15). The Illini had many of both wins and losses.
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Charley Johnson is a very talented NFL quarterback from NMSU that not many people know about. Having accomplished so much, I feel that people should. Bleacher Report’s Brendan Majev, ranked him the 91st greatest quarterback of all time. He was drafted 10th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. After playing with them and the Oilers, he ended his career with the Denver Broncos in 1975. Topics gone over in this essay include his early life, his college football career, his NFL career, his army career, and his education.
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61 to 59 read the scoreboard, as players and coaches celebrated Champaign-Centennials first ever-state championship. Centennial legend, Rayvonte Rice, walked off the court smiling, he had just scored 21 points, in the biggest game of his life. Rice was named the tournament’s MVP, and wanted to repeat this title run next year as a senior.
“Of those slaughtered, eleven were high school players, ten were immature boys of 17 and under. Three presumably hardened, seasoned, and presumably fit college men were slain today.” In 1905, this was part of a telegram sent to President Roosevelt alerting him to the seriousness of the injuries involved in football. Teddy Roosevelt saved football by turning it around football and made it a safer game for America. I will express how Roosevelt’s early life affected his perspective on football, how Roosevelt saved football, and how he has impacted the game today.
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