First there was Thorpe, then Pollard. Now, a small-town, all-American was about to redefine what was possible for football, both on the field and off. Red Grange, an auburn-haired college star, became a national phenomenon, his popularity spreading a wave of football fever across the nation like warm butter on toast. Interest in where he’d play after college set off a major bidding war and established the game’s first sports agent, CC Pyle.
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