"Horton Day" in Redbird Nation

[MadBird]

From the How Time Flies column today in the Pantagraph:

100 years ago

June 2, 1923: Clifford E. Horton, a present baseball coach at Clarke University and a former Ohio Wesleyan University athlete, has been appointed director of athletics and head coach at the Illinois State Normal school.

Obviously, a great figure in the annals of ISU sports history.

Clifford E. Horton (1974) - Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame - Illinois State University Athletics

Clifford E. Horton, Class: Induction: 1974 Sport(s): - Director of health and physical education for men at Illinois State from 1923-1961 ... founder of Gamma

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[Seven]

Incredible that was 100 years ago.