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  1.                                  In his first season with the 
  2.                                  Bears, Red played 19 
  3.                                  games in 17 cities in 66 
  4.                                  days. ΓÇ£It beat practicing," 
  5.                                  Red said later. He hurt his 
  6. knee in his second season, which cut down
  7. on his ability to dodge and fly. In 1926, he
  8. played for the New York Yankees of the
  9. American Football League. The team then
  10. switched to the NFL. In 1929, Red went back
  11. to the Bears, and stayed with them until he
  12. retired in 1934. 
  13.  
  14. Red was a charter member of both the 
  15. college and pro football halls of fame. He 
  16. died in 1991, at the age of 87.
  17.