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<blockquote data-quote="Illini79" data-source="post: 1521728" data-attributes="member: 334626"><p>Enjoyed reading everyone’s stories! My Illini story starts with my dad. He was extremely intelligent, but being from a farm family there was not a lot of money for college. He went through the ROTC program at Illinois, majoring in Agriculture. He lived at Newman Hall & worked in the kitchen of one of the sororities on campus. Back in his day, the basketball team played at Huff gym. He & his friends went to the games there, as well as football at Memorial Stadium, becoming a lifelong Illini fan. At the end of his time at Illinois, he had earned a spot on the Bronze Tablet & headed out for the Air Force, stationed in Tokyo during the Korean War. Not bad for a farm kid from central Illinois! So proud to be his daughter.</p><p></p><p>I was born & raised in Peoria County, grew up on a farm. Because my dad was an alum & enjoyed Illini sports, he would take the family to a football game every few years. This was a big deal! Chief Illiniwek & the marching band what a sight to behold. When it came time to make a college choice, the only place for me was Illinois. Of course, I went to as many basketball & football games as possible & was part of Block I for a few years. Anybody remember when there was a second Block I in the upper deck on the west side of the stadium? It was always special knowing that I was having a similar college experience to my dad’s (except I never came close to getting my name on the Bronze Tablet lol!)</p><p></p><p>My three sons are all Illinois grads, but they didn’t inherit the love of sports gene, oh well. My husband is a huge fan though & we watch every game we can get via Directv. We had our picture taken with Dee Brown about ten years ago, a great player from an unforgettable team. Never will forget that year, wish my dad had lived to see that!</p><p></p><p>So after living and working in the Peoria area for many years, a job transfer brought us to Central Florida three years ago. </p><p></p><p>GO ILLINI!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illini79, post: 1521728, member: 334626"] Enjoyed reading everyone’s stories! My Illini story starts with my dad. He was extremely intelligent, but being from a farm family there was not a lot of money for college. He went through the ROTC program at Illinois, majoring in Agriculture. He lived at Newman Hall & worked in the kitchen of one of the sororities on campus. Back in his day, the basketball team played at Huff gym. He & his friends went to the games there, as well as football at Memorial Stadium, becoming a lifelong Illini fan. At the end of his time at Illinois, he had earned a spot on the Bronze Tablet & headed out for the Air Force, stationed in Tokyo during the Korean War. Not bad for a farm kid from central Illinois! So proud to be his daughter. I was born & raised in Peoria County, grew up on a farm. Because my dad was an alum & enjoyed Illini sports, he would take the family to a football game every few years. This was a big deal! Chief Illiniwek & the marching band what a sight to behold. When it came time to make a college choice, the only place for me was Illinois. Of course, I went to as many basketball & football games as possible & was part of Block I for a few years. Anybody remember when there was a second Block I in the upper deck on the west side of the stadium? It was always special knowing that I was having a similar college experience to my dad’s (except I never came close to getting my name on the Bronze Tablet lol!) My three sons are all Illinois grads, but they didn’t inherit the love of sports gene, oh well. My husband is a huge fan though & we watch every game we can get via Directv. We had our picture taken with Dee Brown about ten years ago, a great player from an unforgettable team. Never will forget that year, wish my dad had lived to see that! So after living and working in the Peoria area for many years, a job transfer brought us to Central Florida three years ago. GO ILLINI! [/QUOTE]
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