Watching Red Grange Gallop again

As my time on earth was commencing, Red Grange (a.k.a. "the Galloping Ghost") a University of Illinois football legend, was completely and thoroughly a legend for a couple of decades. As I understand it, and I might have the facts askew, it was the dedication game of Memorial Stadium that Red Grange galloped to 6 touchdowns vs Michigan... way, way back in the 1920's. That wasn't the first time he scored in Memorial Stadium, as I understand he scored his first touchdown there in the previous year against the University of Chicago team.

Click the photo below to see more pictures of the Red Grange statue located at mid-field on the west side of Memorial Stadium, Champaign, IL.

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Red Grange is only one of two numbers retired from the University of Illinois for varsity football players. The other being Dick Butkus. There's talk of second statue near the south end of Memorial Stadium where of Butkus would carry his likeness about 50 yards from where Red Grange is placed..

The photos in this picasaweb album are from my University of Illinois (at Urbana-Champaign) collection of photos that I'll be updating as the collection grows. A lot of very interesting things there there. Memorial Stadium, Assembly Hall, Beckman Institute, and Hallene Gateway with more to come.