Red Grange breaks loose on a 60-yard gain for the Chicago Bears. The day after the Ohio State game, Grange announced he was turning pro. C.C. Pyle, a Champaign theater owner and promoter ...
Just days after his collegiate career ended, a standing-room crowd of 36,000 – the largest in pro football history at the time – packed Wrigley Field to get a glimpse of Harold “Red” Grange in action.
The uniforms selected would pay tribute to the 100th anniversary of Red Grange scoring ... first unanimous All-American.
Red Grange was so great and popular in college that immediately after signing him as a professional, the Chicago Bears put together a grueling 19-game, 67-day barnstorming tour to make money.