Memorial Stadium: True Illini Spirit
Documentary traces the history of Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Covers the earliest days of football at the university, to early concepts for a stadium, World War I, honoring the true Fighting Illini and the first games at the arena built in the early 1920's. Historical film and photographs are mixed with interviews from noted Illinois football players, architects, historians, contractors, veterans and their families, college marching band directors, newspaper reporters and broadcasters.
Release Date
September 9, 2008Runtime
57 minGenres
DocumentaryWritten by
John Paul, Denise La GrassaLanguage
EnglishBudget
$60,000Revenue
$0Status
Released![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fgcb4PTOBKl5p90NiV54qMUNUrC.jpg)
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