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- In 1925, a rusty-haired
- University of Illinois
- football hero named
- Harold ΓÇ£Red" Grange
- shocked America. He
- became the first college football star to turn
- pro. He signed with the Chicago Bears.
- Professional football was a new sport then,
- and Red made it popular. With him on the
- field, NFL games sold out for the first time.
-
- Red was called ΓÇ£The Galloping Ghost"
- because he was so hard to catch and tackle.
- In four years of high school, he had won four
- state titles as a sprint champion and scored
- 75 touchdowns as a football hero. In
- college, he had starred as a halfback
- and became a three-time All-America.