Red Grange is an iconic personality and figure for Illinois football, doing his best work in a leather helmet. He is also ... throwback uniforms do a good job of bringing the past and present ...

Illinois is going to turn ... against the powerhouse program: The helmets will be individually hand painted and made to look like the old leather ones the Fighting Illini previously wore.

Advertisement If that call goes to voicemail and Villarreal forgets about it, he likely never leaves his municipal job working ... specialized field. Illinois’ leather helmets honoring legend ...

Illinois showed off its threads, including custom leather helmets, for the upcoming game between the Big Ten rivals that also serve as a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Red Grange's iconic ...