Grange, Red

Grange, Red (Harold Edward Grange), 1903–91, American football player, b. Forksville, Pa. Grange was All-America halfback at the Univ. of Illinois (1923–25). After a spectacular college career in which he scored 31 touchdowns and gained 3,367 yards running, he undertook a national barnstorming tour in 1925 that helped focus public attention on the professional game. He played with the New York Yankees (1926–27) and the Chicago Bears (1925, 1928–35) and scored 1,058 career points. He appeared in several films, and after his retirement became a radio and television sportscaster.

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Grange, Red

 orig. Harold Grange

Red Grange, 1920s

(credit: The Bettmann Archive)

(born June 13, 1903, Forksville, Pa., U.S.—died Jan. 28, 1991, Lake Wales, Fla.) U.S. gridiron football player. He had an outstanding collegiate career at the University of Illinois, where in 1924 he ran for five touchdowns in a single game against the University of Michigan and earned the nickname “the Galloping Ghost.” In 1925 he joined the Chicago Bears and embarked on a barnstorming tour that stimulated public interest in professional football. After suffering a knee injury in 1927, he was never again an effective runner. He retired in 1934 and subsequently worked as a sportscaster.