Red Grange
Running back, American football player
1903 – 1991
Who was Red Grange?
Harold Edward "Red" Grange, nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost", was a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived New York Yankees. His signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League. He was a charter member of both the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1924, Grange received the honorable Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award denoting the Big Ten's MVP. In 2008, he was named the best college football player of all time by ESPN, and in 2011, he was named the Greatest Big Ten Icon by the Big Ten Network.
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- Born
- Jun 13, 1903
Forksville - Also known as
- Harold Edward Grange
- The Wheaton Ice Man
- The Galloping Ghost
- Harold Grange
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Margaret Hazelberg
(1941/10/13 - 1991/01/28)
- Margaret Hazelberg
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Wheaton High School
- Lived in
- Wheaton
- Forksville
- Died
- Jan 28, 1991
Morton
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on July 23, 2013
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