This Week in History
Happy 40th Birthday on Friday (Sept. 26) to Illini basketball grad TRENT MEACHAM. The former Champaign Centennial High School star is now a real estate agent in Champaign.
On Sept. 25, 1948, the third enlargement of Macklin Field (now Spartan Stadium) was dedicated. A record crowd of 51,526 doubled the old mark. Michigan beat MSU, 13-7.
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