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Early in his career, the 5-foot-5-inch (1.65 m) and 118-pound (54 kg) runner—considered short and stocky—competed for the Illinois Athletic Club. [2] Ray was nicknamed "The Kankakee Kid", after his hometown, and "Chesty" or "Chesty Joie" after a newspaper, early in his career, called him "a chesty little guy with a great heart". [ 3 ]
Mary K. O'Brien (born 1965), Illinois state legislator and judge, was born in Kankakee. [8] Daniel H. Paddock (1852–1905), Illinois state representative and lawyer, lived in Kankakee. [9] George Ryan (born 1934), 39th governor of Illinois [10] Samuel H. Shapiro (1907–1987), 34th Governor of Illinois, practiced law in Kankakee and died there ...
He played high school football in Kankakee, Illinois at Westview High School there before the merging of Westview and Eastridge High. Smith played college football at Purdue for three seasons (1979–81) [2] before transferring to Elon College for the remainder of his collegiate career. In 1978, Smith was named All-State player of the year in ...
A Georgia commit, Easley was a key part of a Kankakee offense that averaged 43.5 points per game, recorded a single-game school record of 81 points . ... Running backs. Brady Anderson, Morrison Sr ...
Kankakee (/ ˌ k æ ŋ k ə ˈ k iː / KANG-kə-KEE) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. [5] Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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The Kankakee County Soldiers was a semi-professional basketball team of the Independent Basketball Association (IBA). For their first five seasons (2007–11), the Soldiers played in the International Basketball League (IBL). In October 2011 team president Barry Bradford formed the Independent Basketball Association. The Soldiers were one of ...
Jonathan Ward (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional football running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Central Michigan .