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"Bob Carroll on the Off Field Contributions of Red Grange"
Last updated 📅 2020-11-01
Red Grange, the greatest name in football, was everyone's hero. Lindberg had not yet flown to Paris; only Babe Ruth ranked higher as a sports personality. Grange on a gridiron guaranteed a huge crowd. His endorsement sold pencils, cigarettes, cereal, typewriters, etc.
He made a movie, One Minute to Play; the critics liked it, and the public made it a winner. Red's advice was asked, though not followed, by politicians. Every football-loving boy in America wanted to be Red Grange. Every man who ever played the game or dreamed of it wanted to be his buddy.
Every woman with a yen for muscles fantasized about him as her lover. 1925 was Grange's year; the same could be said for 1926, though differently. The NFL's '25 messiah became its '26 adversary.
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Born on June 13, 1903, in Forksville, Pennsylvania, Harold Edward "Red" Grange etched his name into football lore as one of the game's first true superstars. 1 His electrifying speed and agility captivated audiences and helped propel professional football into the national spotlight. 2 Grange's journey from a small Pennsylvania town to football immortality is a testament to his exceptional talent and the transformative era in which he played.
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