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Biography of Red GrangeName: Red GrangeBirth Date: June 13, 1903 Death Date: January 28, 1991 Place of Birth: Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: football player Red Grange Red Grange (1903-1991) made football history as one of the most remarkable amateur and professional gridiron athletes of all. He was called "The Galloping Ghost," and it was his presence that brought pro football from the sandlots to the big time.Harold Edward "Red" Grange was born on June 13, 1903 in Forksville, a village of about 200 people in an area of Pennsylvania lumber camps. He was the third child of Sadie and Lyle Grange, a lumber camp foreman. Grange was only five years old when his mother died. A few months later the family moved to Wheaton, Illinois, the home of his father's family. Grange's father opened a moving business. For a number of years, the Grange family lived with relatives until they could finally afford a home of their own. The main recreation of Grange and his friends was playing football in vacant lots around town, and basketball in converted barns. …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Grange: "A streak of fire, a breath of flame, a gray ghost thrown into the game. Eluding all who reach and clutch; That rival hands may never touch; A rubber bounding, blasting soul, whose destination is the goal. Red Grange of Illinois!"Grange changed the face of American sports, especially the game of football. He carried the ball 4,013 times as a high school, college, and professional football player, gaining 33,820 yards or over nineteen miles. This is an amazing 8.4 yards per carry. He scored a total of 2,365 points in 247 games. Further Reading John M. Carroll provides a comprehensive biography of Grange in Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football (1999). About Harold "Red" Grange, http://www.wheaton.edu/learnres/arcsc/collects/sc20/bio.htmEncarta Encyclopedia, http://www.encarta.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=0594800 0&o=1Professional Football Hall of Fame, http://www.profootballhof.com/enshrinees/grange.html |