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    Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American professional...
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    A photo at the conclusion of the 2022 Red Grange Bowl, the NJCAA Division III championship contest...
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    Sagarin (using the ELO-Chess methodology). Guard Jim McMillen and halfback Red Grange were consensus All-Americans. McMillen was also the team captain. In 1927...
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    entrepreneur best known for his representation of American football star Red Grange and French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen. Pyle was the owner of the Virginia...
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  • Grange or Grangé is a French surname that may refer to the following people: Adenike Grange, Nigerian paediatrician La Grange (disambiguation) – multiple...
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    Yankee Stadium. The team featured Red Grange at halfback. The Yankees arose as a result of a contract dispute between Grange and his previous team, the NFL's...
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    Field hosts The Grange Rock, a tribute to Red Grange. The tribute was dedicated on October 22, 1994, with Mrs. Margaret Grange, Red Grange's wife, in attendance...
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    the Bears' aggressive signing of famous University of Illinois player Red Grange within a day of his final game as a collegian. Despite much of the on-field...
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  • Red Grange and Joe Boland 1955 (ABC) Bill McColgan and Earl Gillespie 1956 (ABC) Jack Drees and Red Grange 1957 (ABC) Jack Drees and Red Grange 1958...
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  • as vice president and starring Hall of Fame halfback Harold Edward "Red" Grange, (1903–1991), the short-lived league with nine teams competed against...
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    fake field goal with Earl Britton, Red Grange, and Chuck Kassel. On the play, Britton lined up as a kicker, with Grange as holder. After the snap, Britton...
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    played against the Chicago Bears led by Red Grange. The game itself was billed as a clash of old vs. new, with Grange, the rising star, taking on Thorpe,...
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    went to Red Grange and said: "I promise not to try to block the kick, Red, but get out of the way so I can get a shot at that Polack." Grange, glad not...
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    available Wood. Production manager Joseph P. Kennedy had famous sports hero "Red" Grange under contract and Wood, a gridiron enthusiast, welcomed the opportunity...
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    players—if any—each season receive the honor. The first player to do so was Red Grange, star halfback for the Illinois Fighting Illini, who received first-team...
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  • 1932 NFL Playoff Game, in which Nagurski completed a two-yard pass to Red Grange for the Chicago Bears' winning touchdown. The rule at the time mandated...
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    return yards (14,014) and punt return yards (4,999) by a very wide margin. Red Grange was one of the sport's first iconic faces, breaking onto the national...
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    amazing individual performances seen in the Big Ten since the days of Red Grange, describing Harmon "[d]arting, dodging and twisting up and down the chalk...
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    halfback and two-way player Bronko Nagurski, and the "Galloping Ghost" Red Grange. The first few years of the Hall of Fame's existence saw 14 Bear players...
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    Centre HB 1922 Brick Muller California E 1923 George Pfann Cornell QB 1924 Red Grange Illinois HB 1925 Ernie Nevers Stanford FB 1926 Benny Friedman Michigan...
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    saw him run with a football, I can't describe it to you. It wasn't like Red Grange or Tom Harmon or anybody else. It was kind of a cross between music and...
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  • provided commentary for the game in 1948 and the game in 1950 joined by Red Grange and Joe Hasel. ABC first broadcast regular season National Football League...
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  • won the NFL championship in 1925 ... but were robbed of the honor." —Red Grange, Pro Football Hall of Famer with the New York Yankees (NFL) and the Chicago...
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  • went on a post-season barnstorming tour of Texas and California, with Red Grange and the New York Yankees as the designated opponent for most of these...
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  • played for the team. After an unsuccessful last-ditch effort to lure Red Grange to Rochester (he instead signed with the Chicago Bears), the team suspended...
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    would stand until 1972. In 1925, Halas persuaded Illinois star player Red Grange to join the Bears; it was a significant step in establishing both the...
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    proclaimed the 1925 team his greatest. Also in 1923, Red Grange burst on the scene at Illinois. Grange then vaulted to national prominence as a result of...
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  • was won 9–0 by the Bears, on a touchdown pass from Bronko Nagurski to Red Grange. The resulting interest led to the establishment of Eastern and Western...
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    Tilden, Red Grange, Babe Didrikson, and Knute Rockne. Unlike many writers of his era, Rice defended the right of football players such as Grange, and tennis...
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  • Fame. Retrieved January 3, 2011. "Pro Football Hall of Fame – Harold (Red) Grange". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 3, 2011. "Pro Football...
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