Sports Interviews Records (Audiovisual Digital Surrogates) | University of Illinois Archives
Sports Interviews Records Audiovisual Digital Surrogates includes two digitized films of interviews, one with Claude "Buddy" Young concerning football at Illinois in the decades from 1940 to 1967; effects of athletic competition on race relations; discrimination in Champaign-Urbana; professionalism in college football and professional football; relationships between students and athletics; experiences of students from non-athletic curriculums practicing professional football; school spirit and loyalty; and football formations, and one with Burt Ingwersen concerning his football career at Illinois (1917-1919); his teammates; the 1914 Illinois football team; style of play during that era; Coach Robert Zuppke; development of football terminology; relationship between the student body and the athletes; and the current (1967) Illinois football team.
An access copy of the videos are available upon request.
Administrative access to preservation, nearline, and access files are available to archives staff at https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/216
Additional material that has not been digitized is available at the University Archives, see the record series description linked to this record.
