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The Galloping Ghost Football Player. Red Grange Biography Life Interesting Facts. One of the best football players of all time Red Grange received the nickname Galloping Ghost from sportswriter Warren Brown after one particularly ridiculous collection of touchdowns for the Illini. His nickname was The Galloping Ghost. Best of the 1920s.
Red Grange was born on June 13 1903 in Forks Ville PennsylvaniaHis father was a foreman and mother died when Red was five years of age. Red Grange American collegiate and professional gridiron football player and broadcaster who was an outstanding halfback known for spectacular long runs that made him one of the most famous players of the 20th century. No player ever has or will capture the imagination of the American public as he did. The Galloping Ghost tells the remarkable untold story of this fleet-footed college football player who inspired poetry dazzled fans as he felled opponents on the field and with the help of an unscrupulous and utterly brilliant manager the first real-life Jerry Maguire helped launch and legitimize professional football changing American. From The Galloping Ghost to the Honey Badger Sporting News celebrates the top 10 player nicknames of college footballs 150-year history. Harold Edward Red Grange nicknamed The Galloping Ghost June 13 1903 January 28 1991 was a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois the Chicago Bears and for the short-lived New York YankeesHis signing with the Bears helped legitimize the National Football League.
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His nickname was The Galloping Ghost. This article is more than 12 years old. Born as Harold Edward Red Grange was an American professional football halfback player. You had Norm Van Brocklin a real great player So swift with his moves that he could be mayor. This past January ESPN named Harold Red Grange the greatest college football player ever. Red Grange was a dominant college football player and the first true star of the National Football LeagueIn his book The Galloping Ghost.