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Running back, Illinois, 1923–25
Red Grange
- Born
- Jun 13, 1903, in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
- Died
- Jan 28, 1991, in Lake Wales, Florida
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Red Grange played running back at Illinois (1923–25). He was a consensus All‑American in 1923, 1924 and 1925. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
Honors
- Inducted 1951College Football Hall of Fame
- InductedPro Football Hall of Fame
- 1923, 1924, 1925Consensus All‑American
- 1923, 1924, 1925First-team All-Big Ten
- 1924Chicago Tribune Silver Football
Team titles: National champions, 1923; Big Ten champions, 1923
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
First-team All-Pro: 4 (1925, 1927, 1930–31) · Second-team All-Pro: 1932
All-Pro teams: Collyer’s Eye first team 1930–31; Green Bay Press-Gazette first team 1930–31; JC first team 1925; RS first team 1927; the league first team 1931; United Press first team 1931; and 2 more.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books and statues
In books
In bronze
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there. Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons; links only.
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