Red Grange
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One of the most publicized figures in the history of U.S. sports was the “Wheaton Ice Man,” a ripping, tearing ball carrier whose correct name is Harold Grange. Perhaps the greatest broken-field runner of them all, Grange terrorized the opponents of the University of Illinois for three years. T ....
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.... so many more. In those days sports writers held nothing back and reams of colorful copy were turned out about the heroes of the day. In later years sports writing took on a more businesslike attitude as the reading public developed a healthy cynicism in regard to some of its heroes.
Undoubtedly the game that sprang into the nation’s headlines was the 1924 Michigan encounter. The red head was a junior then and, although he had a great sophomore season he literally ran wild all over Michigan. ....
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