This Week in History

Happy 56th Birthday on Saturday (Sept. 6) to Illinois football alum JOHN WRIGHT JR., shown below with his daughter, Faith, and his nephew, former Illini QB John Paddock.

Born 110 years ago this week - Sept. 7, 1915 - was Michigan State athletics legend FRED STABLEY SR. A charter member of the College Sports Information Hall of Fame, the Spartan Stadium press box is named in his honor.

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