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Urbana 84 attracted 18,000 participants. Eric Alexander spoke on the conference theme "Faithful in Christ Jesus" from the book of Ephesians. Other notable speakers: Ada Lum, Billy Graham, Cliffe Knechtle , David Bryant, George McKinney, Joanne Shetler, John Kyle, Luis Palau, Mariano DiGangi, Ray Bakke, and Tokunboh Adayemo.
James C. Caroline (January 17, 1933 – November 17, 2017) was an American football player in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini, where he played as a halfback and was a consensus All-American in 1953.
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team, representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, has had 77 players drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the league began holding the yearly event in 1947. [1] Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft.
The Urbana area was first settled by Europeans in 1822, [4] when it was called "Big Grove". [5] When the county of Champaign was organized in 1833, the county seat was located on 40 acres of land, 20 acres donated by William T. Webber and 20 acres by M. W. Busey, considered to be the city's founder, and the name "Urbana" was adopted [4] after Urbana, Ohio, the hometown of State Senator John W ...
Urbana (payment card), used for public transportation in Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign UrbanA project (urban arenas for sustainable and just cities): a three-year project, funded by the European Union, on urban sustainability and justice.
The 2019–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by third-year head coach Brad Underwood, the Illini played their home games at State Farm Center in Champaign, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.
Illinois Field was a stadium in Urbana, Illinois. It hosted the Illinois Fighting Illini football team until they moved to the Memorial Stadium in 1923 and the school's baseball team until they moved to the current Illinois Field in 1988. The stadium held 17,000 people at its peak. [1]
The Great Central League was a short-lived baseball league of four teams that played baseball in the upper Midwest of the United States in 1994.The league and four teams were owned by Minneapolis-based strip club owner, Dick Jacobson, who previously attempted to purchase the Rochester Aces of the Northern League.