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The missing athlete, and true all-around athlete at that, is Dike Eddleman from Centralia and Illinois. Leading scorer on the Illini's '49 Final Four basketball team, silver medalist in '48 Olympics in the high jump, key player on Rose Bowl team - not only held punting records, but also return records...Went pro in hoops...
In the last 30 yrs, I'd say Jim ThomeWho are the best Illinois raised baseball players????
No Quinn Buckner at #1 makes the list invalid. and JJK should really probably be #1. I ran into her at a mall outside of St. Louis a few years back, she was extremely nice.
Gotta have Quinn Buckner though.There is an argument for JJK to be tops ... but it’s not an egregious oversite that she is not tabbed as that. This is a good list.