Red Grange

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Red Grange was a legendary early 20th-century American football halfback, nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost," who became one of the sport’s first national superstars and a key figure in popularizing professional football.

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Label Occurrences
Red Grange canonical 10
Harold "Red" Grange 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
College Football Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
halfback ⓘ
human ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications from pneumonia ⓘ
college University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
collegeTeam Illinois Fighting Illini football ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1903-06-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-01-28 ⓘ
draftStatus signed with Chicago Bears in 1925 as a free agent ⓘ
education University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fullName Harold Edward Grange ⓘ
genre gridiron football ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
hallOfFame College Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
height approximately 5 ft 11 in ⓘ
highSchool Wheaton High School ⓘ
influenced development of the National Football League ⓘ
isInHallOfFameSince 1951 (College Football Hall of Fame) ⓘ
1963 (Pro Football Hall of Fame) ⓘ
jerseyNumber 7 ⓘ
77 ⓘ
league American Football League (1926) ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ
mediaAppearance appeared in early football-related films and promotional tours ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Chicago Bears ⓘ
Illinois Fighting Illini football ⓘ
New York Yankees (American football) ⓘ
nickname Red ⓘ
The Galloping Ghost ⓘ
notableAchievement named All-American multiple times at Illinois ⓘ
scored four touchdowns in one quarter against Michigan in 1924 ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first national superstars of American football ⓘ
helping legitimize professional football in the United States ⓘ
notableWork popularization of professional American football ⓘ
occupation insurance salesman ⓘ
professional American football player ⓘ
sports broadcaster ⓘ
placeOfBirth Forksville, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lake Wales, Florida, United States ⓘ
linked to: Lake Wales, Florida
positionPlayed halfback ⓘ
residence Wheaton, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Wheaton, Illinois
retiredJerseyNumber Illinois Fighting Illini football #77 ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
weight approximately 175 lb ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The House That Red Grange Built → namedAfter → Harold "Red" Grange ⓘ
linked to: Red Grange
The Galloping Ghost → starring → Red Grange ⓘ
The Galloping Ghost → castMember → Red Grange ⓘ
Illinois Fighting Illini → hasNotableAlumni → Red Grange ⓘ
Grange → hasNotableBearer → Red Grange ⓘ