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<text id=91TT0326>
<title>
Feb. 11, 1991: Died:Harold ("Red") Grange
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Feb. 11, 1991 Saddam's Weird War
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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MILESTONES, Page 74
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<p> DIED. Harold ("Red") Grange, 87, artful, wing-footed running
back (the "Galloping Ghost"), whose heroic exploits gave
professional football its first and decisive respectability;
in Lake Wales, Fla. Grange's fame took flight in 1924 when his
University of Illinois team beat undefeated Michigan 39-14. In
the first 12 minutes of the game, he took the opening kickoff
95 yds. for a touchdown and ran for three more; later he scored
another touchdown, and still later threw a pass for a sixth.
In the 1920s and '30s, Grange had a similarly astonishing pro
career with the Chicago Bears, and also tried his hand
variously as an assistant coach, sports broadcaster and movie
actor (The Galloping Ghost), before settling down in Florida
as a businessman.
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