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Ervin Small*

Posted by Tortillini

on October 15, 2026, 23:25:33, in reply to "Ok fun poll. Best athlete you ever played with or against. Monty Wilson…."

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Believe he went to Lanphier. Grew up with my old roommate in Decatur. Came to visit for a week in law school and the D-1 guys we were playing wirh made the mistake of pissing him off. OMG. Went to camp with the Celtics and I think the Heat and played 20 years as a pro. Player with Troy Hudson but he never went turbo mode like Monty. Honorable mention Mike Grzanich. Hit my first homerun off him as a freshman in HS. Two weeks with the Astros. But wasn’t even best HS player I saw.

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Ok fun poll. Best athlete you ever played with or against. Monty Wilson…. - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 07:06:51

Titcus Pettigrew* - Rynounc99 Yesterday, 23:58:36
Ervin Small* - Tortillini Yesterday, 23:25:33

I lost in straight sets to a D1 tennis player from Louisville in college back in the mid 90s - illinilosch Yesterday, 17:54:48
My mom sent me to golf camp back in the day and Tiger Wood's old Caddy was our day coach.* - DiamondDazzle Yesterday, 16:32:52
Jamie Brandon* - Poldark Yesterday, 16:06:09
With: Pat Moran (16" Softball HOF) a few years older than me and Larry Peoples stud forward on my... - MtHoodIllini Yesterday, 15:48:36
*looks around for Walkon** - Jackie Yesterday, 15:47:17
Against: Jayson Werth in summer ball before my freshman year of hs. - DanSaint Yesterday, 14:49:46
Shaun Livingston in 6th grade church league basketball* - Dilbert Yesterday, 14:14:01
Baseball against Steve Baumgartner - RockHollywood Yesterday, 13:56:36
Played HS football & basketball with Troy Drake. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 13:11:48
- Also, if I haven’t said this here before, my Dad was on the HS football team at CVS with Butkus. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 16:15:42
kevin Turner and Bryant notree showed up at our law school gym - apusikam Yesterday, 12:59:37
Mark Mulder* - GMAW Yesterday, 11:24:34
Richard Keene - played against him in HS. - uofi1998 Yesterday, 11:19:37
- I played his cousin and brother. In gym class.* - SurfTheBoneyard Yesterday, 17:33:43
Probably Jack Griffin - AintHatin Yesterday, 11:17:43
Played pick up hoops with Quin Snyder & David Henderson. - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 11:15:59
Tangent: Brushes with athletes not playing their typical sport - VIV Yesterday, 11:05:51
- Used to play basketball with Trev Alberts when he was in college. - WhitmansFolly 3 hours ago
- Not exactly the same, but Shane Steichen coaches his son’s flag football team. - tvillini Today, 01:29:48
- When our dad was in law school at UofI he used to play basketball all the time with a guy... - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 14:14:40
- Played basketball in H.S. gym with Trezelle Jenkins - AintHatin Yesterday, 12:22:40
- Played craps with Kirk Hammett* - bjl63 Yesterday, 11:38:50
- MJ playing BJ on 3 separate occasions* - chorizo Yesterday, 11:17:13
Baseball against former NFL punter Reggie Hodges. - assassin Yesterday, 10:50:42
Played HORSE in the driveway with Scott Nagy when we were kids. * - Tuscy Yesterday, 10:48:32
Washington Capitals defenseman Yvon Labre - timmer Yesterday, 10:46:38
not competitively, but shot hoops a few times with the kruger & self illini - VIV Yesterday, 10:42:31
I played some pick up ball with Matt Heldman and Bears players back in the early 90s at - bucktownillini Yesterday, 10:22:43
- Is it true that Woolford couldn’t cover anybody?* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 13:07:29
  - lol* - bucktownillini Yesterday, 13:17:21
- centre?* - apusikam Yesterday, 10:33:24
  - Yes sir!* - bucktownillini Yesterday, 11:06:49
    - yup I remember heldman shooting around there with his dad - apusikam Yesterday, 12:49:33
Todd Foster, two sport athlete at Washington who played basketball at Purdue - Sounder Yesterday, 10:18:32
- My brother played against him in the 7th grade state tourney - Foster had like 54 - bulldogmba Yesterday, 13:11:57
- On the soccer side of things it was probably Chad Clift - Sounder Yesterday, 10:24:13
played against Jeff Lauritzen (Martinsville) in high school - he went to Indiana State - bulldogmba Yesterday, 10:02:13
- I'm acquaintances / friends with Jeff. - EffinIllini Yesterday, 12:59:09
Actually a guy I went to junior high with made an NFL practice squad - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 09:51:14
Andre Iguadola in Middle School and High School - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 09:47:55
- Ever get switched on to Rich McBride?* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 09:51:20
  - Didn't play Lanphier later. Only iggy's freshman year. We weren't - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 10:33:56
<Zlatan>Zlatan</Zlatan>* - ATL Yesterday, 09:46:35
Fred Wakefield, Trey Burton and a few other NFL guys that I coached in HS bball. * - Tuscy Yesterday, 09:45:38
Hey, Poldark! I played FOR czarina Grentz. - Tuscy Yesterday, 09:43:57
- outrageous!* - Poldark Yesterday, 16:05:56
When I lived in Miami Beach I played pickup games at my gym with a couple of the And1 guys. - Waka Yesterday, 09:36:39
Brian McBride* - OWWDig Yesterday, 09:30:30
Played football and shot put/discus against Booboo Thompson. IYKYK.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 09:28:01
Played against former Illini/NFL TE Frank Hartley in HS.* - bjl63 Yesterday, 09:24:13
Does throwing Dan Marino the football in warmups count? In '82 Pitt vs Illinois in warmups - ibdoc Yesterday, 09:03:29
- Also ran against Joan Benoit Samuelson at the '87 Bix7 when she was 6 months pregnant. - ibdoc Yesterday, 09:50:10
- I played pickup at IMPE against the women’s team in like 97-98. - Waka Yesterday, 09:43:03
  - My HS girlfriend started for Augustana college as point guard. I thought I could play her 1 on 1 - ibdoc Yesterday, 09:54:17
Nobody notable. Played against a rando former mid-major hoops player in a rec league - DT Yesterday, 08:19:36
- One of my friends played at IUSB and Bethel College. Best shooter I ever saw in person. - Waka Yesterday, 09:41:04
- IMPE?* - Poldark Yesterday, 08:40:13
  - No, this was out here in MD - DT Yesterday, 10:40:51
that I know of, Jayson Werth - Gene Parmesan Yesterday, 08:17:05
Rick Schmidt * - larue33 Yesterday, 07:43:54
Our IL team lost to Troy Glaus' CA team in AAU championships. He was a giant playing SS then - UofIL6 Yesterday, 07:42:14
Jerrance Howard stole the ball from me in 8th grade basketball* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 07:32:48
- Congrats* - Stu Yesterday, 07:46:20
Ridiculous amount of college athletes in this game for two small schools… - LeatherneckIllini Yesterday, 07:16:33

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