Red Grange & Chicago Bears 1925-1926 Barnstorming Tour: 100th Anniversary Scrapbook

Red Grange & Chicago Bears 1925-1926 Barnstorming Tour: 100th Anniversary Scrapbook

Red Grange was a phenomenon that the game of American football had never seen before. The crowds that the "Galloping Ghost" had attracted while playing for the University of Illinois were astounding, and by the end of the 1925 football season, he had taken his "must-see play" to the professional level with the NFL's Chicago Bears. The then-small National Football League, founded only a handful of years earlier, received a boost of popularity it desperately needed in December and January of 1925 when the Bears and George Halas played on a grueling coast-to-coast tour promoted by one of Grange's publicity managers, C.C. Pyle, perhaps the best PR man of all time. They played against some of the top teams in the country, who had stars of their own, before record crowds. Historian Chris Willis has captured this legendary tour, which put pro football on the map, with a fantastic showcase of stories and images that take the reader through the Red Grange Barnstorming Tour, chronicling every stop, bump, and bruise along the way. Enjoy the action in this special 100th Anniversary scrapbook of gridiron nostalgia.