Red Grange

Rushing touchdowns:	21
Receiving touchdowns:	10
	Player stats at NFL.com

No. 77
Position:	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	June 13, 1903; Forksville, Pennsylvania
Died:	January 28, 1991 (aged 87); Lake Wales, Florida
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school:	Wheaton; (Wheaton, Illinois)
College:	Illinois
Career history
	Chicago Bears (1925); New York Yankees (1926–1927); Chicago Bears (1929–1934);
Career highlights and awards
	2× NFL champion (1932, 1933); 2× First-team All-Pro (1930, 1931); Second-team All-Pro (1932); NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; Chicago Bears No. 77 retired; National champion (1923); Big Ten Most Valuable Player (1924); 3× Consensus All-American (1923, 1924, 1925); Illinois Fighting Illini No. 77 retired;
Career statistics
Rushing touchdowns:
Rushing touchdowns:	21
Receiving touchdowns:	10
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame

Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991) was an American football halfback and actor that played in the National Football League (NFL) for 9 seasons. He was nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost" from a Chicago sportswriter named Warren Brown. He played in the NFL for 3 teams during his professional career the Chicago Bears in 1925 and again from 1929-1934 and also played for the New York Yankees in 1926 and 1927. He played college football at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his jersey number #77 is retired by the university and is also retired by the Chicago Bears. Grange also acted in two silent movies; One Minute to Play in 1926 and Racing Romeo in 1927. He is inducted into the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame and in 2008 ESPN named him the greatest college football player of all time.^[2] Grange never fumbled the football during his NFL career.

Red Grange Media

Photo of Red Grange when he was playing at University of Illinois.
Grange on the October 5, 1925 cover of Time magazine
Statue of Grange outside Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois
1933 Goudey Sport Kings football card of Red Grange of the Chicago Bears #4. PD-not-renewed.
Grange (second from left) with U.S. Senator William B. McKinley and U.S. Representative William P. Holaday in Washington, D.C. in 1925 when McKinley introduced Grange and the Chicago Bears to President Calvin Coolidge.
Grange delivering ice in his hometown of Wheaton, Illinois in 1930; during the offseason, he continued his ice toting job to earn extra money.
Lobby card for the second chapter of The Galloping Ghost
Grange (top) with broadcast partner Lindsey Nelson for NCAA Game of the Week coverage, 1955
Red Grange Field at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, which was named in his honor