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| Product Lines / Vintage Photography / Chicago's Red Grange |
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| Chicago's Red Grange |
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Original: Black and White, Photography
Print Edition: Open
Size: 8" x 10"- 16.25
Size: 11" x 14"- 24.95
Size: 12" x 18"- 30.95
Size: 16" x 20"- 31.95
Size: 20" x 30"- 40.95
Size: 24" x 36"- 49.95
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| Harold Edward Grange is widely known as the player who popularized pro football. He was a three-time All-America, (1923-1925), and earned the nickname the "Galloping Ghost" as elusive runner at Illinois. In the early 1920s, George Halas was seeking a gate attraction to help draw attention to his Chicago Bears team, and for the National Football League. Grange, and his ghostlike speed seemed to be the answer. Grange, an ice deliveryman during his college summers, agreed to play with Bears. Ten days after Grange`s last college game, he joined the Bears on Thanksgiving Day, 1925. A crowd of 36,600 filled Wrigley Field to see Red`s professional debut . Just 10 days later, 70,000 fans jammed New York`s Polo Grounds to see the "Galloping Ghost" and the Bears play the New York Giants. |
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Item#:200-006-8-7 |
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