Notable Athletes
- Tim Bogar, retired Major League Baseball infielder
- Brad Childress, former head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League
- Kevin Duckworth, former National Basketball Association all-star center
- Ray Fisher, former lineman - Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League
- Jeff Gossett, NFL Pro Bowl punter
- Mike Heimerdinger, former NFL Offensive Coordinator with the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Tennessee Titans Died 2011
- Kyle Hill, professional basketball player
- Otis Hudson, NFL Offensive Lineman with the Cincinnati Bengals
- Matt Hughes, professional MMA fighter, UFC Hall of Famer
- Schellas Hyndman, head coach of FC Dallas
- John Jurkovic, former NFL defensive lineman
- Marty Pattin, MLB All-Star pitcher
- Sean Payton, head coach of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League
- Ted Petersen, former lineman - Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League
- Tony Romo, starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League
- Stan Royer, MLB baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox
- Kevin Seitzer, retired all-star Major League Baseball player
- Mike Shanahan, head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League
- Dan Steele, track All-American, 400-meter National Champion, and Bronze Medalist at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics
- Chris Szarka, fullback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League
- Pierre Walters, linebacker - Kansas City Chiefs, of the National Football League
- James Warring, Professional Boxing World Champion, Kickboxing World Champion, Professional Boxing Referee
- Kirby Wilson, running backs coach - Pittsburgh Steelers, of the National Football League
Read more about this topic: Eastern Illinois University
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or athletes:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth ... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV and box architecture, brutalizes the senses, making gray neurotics of most of us, and perverse spiritual athletes and strident self-transcenders of the best of us.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)