This Week in History
Happy 53rd Birthday on Sunday (Sept. 21) to Illinois baseball alum SCOTT SPIEZIO. He later played Major League Baseball for the Anaheim Angels, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and St. Louis Cardinals, and is the son of former major leaguer Ed Spiezio.
Born 128 years ago this week - Sept. 21, 1897 - was longtime Lansing State Journal sports editor George Alderton. He is credited for nicknaming Michigan State teams the Spartans.
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