| James M. Branch |
1897 |
Football |
| Robert Thomas |
1912 |
Baseball |
|
| James Waddell |
1912 |
Baseball |
|
| Harold Pogue |
1916 |
Football |
All American ATO WM -"best Illini FB player before Red Grange" |
| George Cap Squirer |
1917 |
Football |
All American |
| Lee Sentman |
1931 |
Track |
World Record Holder – All American – Big Ten Medal of Honor |
| Wayne Lockwood |
1931 |
Swimming |
Captain |
| Paul W. Reddish |
1933 |
Fencing |
Captain |
| Edward Schalk |
1933 |
Football |
|
| Kendall Bradley |
1935 |
Football |
|
| R.E. Hewitt |
1935 |
Swimming |
| Robert Ingle |
1939 |
Swimming and Water Polo |
| Lewis Pick Dehner |
1939 |
Basketball |
Won Ralph Woods Memorial Trophy |
| Joe Giallombardo |
1940 |
Gymnastics |
All American multiple NCAA and Big Ten titles – Captain |
| Ralph Ehni |
1941 |
Football |
Scored Illini's only touchdown ever against Notre Dame |
| Edward F. McGovern |
1943 |
Football |
| Eugene F. Modjeska |
1943 |
Golf |
| Roy A. Wasson |
1943 |
Track |
| Don Delaney |
1945 |
Basketball |
Big Ten Medal of Honor |
| George Delong |
1946 |
Wrestling |
Captain |
| Stanley Green |
1946 |
Football |
| Walter Junior Kirk |
1947 |
Basketball |
All American – Captain Ralf Woods Trophy winner |
| John Twomey |
1947 |
Track |
|
| Bob Chick Doster |
1948 |
Basketball |
| Donald H. Scherwat |
1948 |
Swimming |
Captain |
| Harry E Andersen |
1949 |
Track |
| William M. Cooley |
1949 |
Track |
| Hal B. Craig |
1949 |
Basketball |
| John W Haulenbeek |
1949 |
Swimming |
Captain |
| Jim Marks |
1949 |
Basketball |
Ralf Woods Trophy winner |
| Jim Cottrell |
1950 |
Basketball |
| Van Anderson |
1950 |
Basketball |
|
| Bill Erickson |
1950 |
Basketball |
All American – Captain |
| Burdette Pirate Thurlby |
1950 |
Basketball and Baseball |
| Walt Slip Kersulis |
1950 |
Basketball Football |
2nd team All Big Ten Football |
| Don Leuthold |
1950 |
Track |
| Vic Twomey |
1950 |
Track/Cross Country |
Captain |
| Wilson Besant |
1950 |
Tennis |
Big Ten Champion (with Moses) |
| Jim Moses |
1951 |
Tennis |
Big Ten Champion (with Besant) |
| Alan G. Farmer |
1952 |
Tennis |
| Louis E. Krantz |
1952 |
Baseball |
Captain |
| Byron H. Luers |
1952 |
Swimming |
| Robert B. Peterson |
1953 |
Basketball |
|
| Joel M. McNulty |
1953 |
Track |
|
| Bruce Frazier |
1953 |
Baseball |
Captain |
| Robert A. Moore |
1953 |
Baseball |
Baseball MVP |
| Joel M. McNulty |
1953 |
Track |
| Ron Ultes |
1954 |
Baseball |
Captain |
| Ralph Waldo Peterson |
1954 |
Track |
|
| Wayne D. Vieth |
1954 |
Track |
| Stephen Hill |
1955 |
Tennis |
| Jack Chamblin |
1955 |
Football |
Illini Team MVP |
| Frank S Kastor |
1955 |
Wrestling |
| Kenneth E. Nordquist |
1955 |
Wrestling |
| Bruce Brothers |
1956 |
Basketball |
|
| Ronald J. Yochem |
1956 |
Football |
| Bill Altenberger |
1957 |
Basketball |
|
| Rodney F. Hanson |
1957 |
Football |
Illini Team MVP |
| William R. Muther |
1957 |
Wrestling |
| Donald A. Pierre |
1957 |
Wrestling |
| Charles W. Schrader |
1957 |
Football |
| Ken Kraml |
1958 |
Wrestling |
| William R. Henderson |
1959 |
Football |
| Bill Mohlenbrock |
1961 |
Basketball |
|
| Bill Small |
1963 |
Basketball |
Captain All Big Ten Won Ralph Woods Memorial Trophy |
| Michael W. Dundy |
1964 |
Football |
|
| Ronald R. Fearn |
1964 |
Football |
|
| Jeffrey L. Ferguson |
1964 |
Basketball |
|
| John Love |
1964 |
Basketball |
|
| Bruce Capel |
1965 |
Football |
|
| Rich Callagan |
1965 |
Football Wrestling Baseball |
won nine varsity letters in football wrestling and baseball |
| James J. Vopicka |
1965 |
Basketball |
|
| Robert L. Brown |
1966 |
Basketball |
|
| Larry L. Hinton |
1966 |
Basketball |
|
| Stephen Kimbell |
1966 |
Football |
Also ATO WM |
| Robert Bo Batchelder |
1967 |
Footbll |
Captain All American |
| Bob Bachman |
1967 |
Swimming |
Captain 65-66 the greatest swimmer in Illinois history – coach Al Kingel – Big Ten Medal of Honor |
| Ron Bess |
1968 |
Football |
Captain – Bruce Capel Award Winner |
| John Wright |
1968 |
Football Track |
Academic All American Illini MVP |
| Bob Bess |
1970 |
Football |
|
| J. Patrick Keen |
1970 |
Golf |
Captain |
| Rich Brennan |
1971 |
Football |
| Bob Burns |
1971 |
Football |
| John Kaiser |
1971 |
Football |
| J. Patrick Keen |
1971 |
Golf |
| Dave Bear Wright |
1972 |
Football |
|
| Bruce Beck |
1972 |
Golf |
| John Spiller |
1972 |
Football |
| Rick Wack |
1972 |
Tennis |
All Big Ten |
| Niles Bakke |
1973 |
Golf |
|
| Randy Cordova |
1973 |
Baseball |
| Bruce Dobson |
1974 |
Football |
|
| John Levanti |
1974 |
Football |
|
| Dave Lundstedt |
1975 |
Baseball |
|
| Rick Peekel |
1975 |
Baseball |
|
| Marc Meatball Fagot |
1975 |
Football |
|
| Tom Hicks |
1975 |
Football |
All Big Ten |
| Mark Peterson |
1975 |
Football |
|
| Mike Waller |
1975 |
Football |
|
| John Watson |
1975 |
Football |
|
| Mike Mick Mayville |
1976 |
Baseball |
|
| Jeff Chrystal |
1976 |
Football |
|
| Jack Dombroski |
1976 |
Football |
|
| Jim Paul |
1976 |
Swimming |
|
| Greg Scott |
1976 |
Swimming |
|
| Ken Kellaney |
1978 |
Golf |
|
| Ted Ahlem |
1978 |
Swimming |
|
| Bill Brennan |
1978 |
Swimming |
|
| Brian Kueker |
1978 |
Track |
|
| Rob Rugg |
1979 |
Golf |
|
| Jim Shanel |
1979 |
Swimming |
|
| Neil Bresnahan |
1980 |
Basketball |
Captain |
| Rob Judson |
1980 |
Basketball |
|
| Bryan Leonard |
1983 |
Basketball |
|
| Terry Cole |
1983 |
Football |
|
| Mike Stine |
1983 |
Football |
|
| Mike O'Brien |
1984 |
Basketball |
|
| Sam Ellsworth |
1986 |
Football |
Captain |
| Doug Altenberger |
1987 |
Basketball |
Captain |
| Dana Anastasia |
1988 |
Wrestling |
| Scott Peters |
1988 |
Swimming |
|
| Jens Kujawa |
1988 |
Basketball |
Captain |
| Mike Small |
1988 |
Golf |
All-Big Ten – Captain |
| Andy Small |
1990 |
Baseball |
Captain |
| Jeff Finke |
1990 |
Football |
|
| John Wright |
1993 |
Football |
Captain – Academic All American |
| Matt Heldman |
1998 |
Basketball |
Captain |
| Ryan Potts |
1999 |
Golf |
|
| Gavin Sontag |
1999 |
Tennis |
|
| Tyson Brill |
2002 |
Golf |
|
| Chris Dobrovolny |
2002 |
Golf |
|
| Dave Mazurek |
2003 |
Baseball |
Captain – All Big Ten All Big Ten Academic |