Tom McNeely: Red Grange

Artist: Tom McNeely
1935 -
Nationality: Canadian
Artwork Year: 2003
Image Size: 15 by 17.5 inches
Overall Size: 20 by 23.25 inches
Medium: Watercolor on Watercolor Paper

In the words of the famous sportswriter Grantland Rice, Red Grange was "three or four men and a horse rolled into one for football purposes." Born on June 13, 1903, in Forksville, Pennsylvania, Harold "Red" Grange became one of the greatest running backs to ever play American football. Nicknamed for his fire-colored hair, Grange entered the University of Illinois in 1922, scoring 31 touchdowns and gaining 3,637 yards in 20 varsity games there. Yet the performance that truly transformed the young athlete from a great college player into a bona fide legend came on October 19, 1924, in a game against the University of Michigan, a mighty team that hadn't lost in three years. Grange began by scoring a 95-yard touchdown on the opening kickoff, and astonishingly proceeded to score three more touchdowns within the first 12 minutes of play (he later scored a fifth touchdown and threw for a sixth). Led by Grange, whose spectacular feats on the gridiron eventually earned him the nickname of the "Galloping Ghost," Illinois secured an unlikely 39-14 upset over Michigan (more than the overall total points Michigan had allowed in its previous 20 games). In 1925, Grange left college to play for the National Football League's Chicago Bears, where his exploits did much to generate public interest in the professional sport. A charter enshrinee of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame, Red Grange was selected for the cover of Sports Illustrated's 1991 special issue honoring the greatest moments in sports.

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