Red Grange on the sideline during one of the NFL games he played as a Chicago Bear in late 1925. (Photo courtesy Library of Congress/TNS) ... Grange drew jersey number 77, ...

The ballyhoo surrounding the Penn-Illinois game arose from the anticipation of seeing Harold "Red" Grange, ... Grange drew jersey number 77, one that would forever identify him.

A friend of Red Grange’s once offered to drum up a campaign to build a statue of the fabled football star outside Illinois’ Memorial Stadium. “He told that to Red and Red said, `No way-not ...

One-hundred years later, Illinois is doing its part to honor Grange's legacy. On Thursday, at the 77 Club inside Memorial Stadium, a symposium will highlight Grange’s prowess on the field, as ...

The number was retired in 1949. With 77 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to ever wear No. 77 for the Bears (via Pro Football Reference): HB Red Grange: 1925-34 ...

Grange said he got the No. 77 at Illinois because "the guy in front of me got 76; the guy in back of me got 78." As a college senior, Grange was on the cover of Time magazine (Oct. 5, 1925).

A significant number of Wheaton fans such as Gaede, including good buddy William Carlson, 77, a longtime friend of Grange, run into one another every Friday night. “Even in the down years, there ...

Gary Andrew Poole believes Harold "Red" Grange's life holds lessons that go way beyond his football legend. "I think Grange's story really captures the excitement, innocence, beauty, pain, life ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Outside the west columns of 101-year-old Memorial Stadium sits Grange Grove, a prime tailgating spot filled to capacity with orange-and-blue tents on most Illinois game days ...

OK, I’ve been around here a while. Yes, I knew Red Grange. But contrary to popular belief by the young, wiseacres in the office, I never covered him when he was The Galloping Ghost. I knew Re… ...

Red Grange, a three-time consensus All-American for the University of Illinois (and college football's first unanimous selection in 1924), scored 33 touchdowns, averaged 5.4 yards per carry and ...