The throwback uniforms are being worn 100 years and one day after Red Grange’s historic six-touchdown performance against the Wolverines on Oct. 18, 1924. REQUIRED READING: Illinois running back ...
Harold "Red" Grange was born on Jun. 13, 1903, in Forksville, Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Illinois from 1923-25. Grange is enshrined in the College Football Football Hall of Fame ...
One hundred years ago this week, Red Grange took the opening kickoff of the Illinois-Michigan football game on the Fighting Illini’s 5-yard line and zigzagged through 11 frustrated defenders to ...