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The Galloping Ghost: The Autobiography of Red Grange
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About the author
Gary Andrew Poole
4 books2 followersGary Andrew Poole is the author of The Galloping Ghost: Red Grange, an American Football Legend (Houghton Mifflin).
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This past January, ESPN named Harold Red Grange the greatest college football player ever. Yet for all his achievements, Grange has been a largely overlooked and unexplored icon, until now. In The Galloping Ghost, Gary Andrew Poole gives us the first major biography of Grange, one of the most significant athletes in American sports and the founding father of our football culture. A tremendous college player who decided to go against convention and turn pro in the 1920sa time when football was seen as a purely amateur sportRed Grange is known as the man responsible for popularizing the NFL, altering the American sports landscape forever.
Red Grange was the most important figure in the history of American football, both college and pro, and Gary Andrew Pooles extremely well-researched biography of the man sheds new light on Granges career . . . A fascinating read. William Nack, author of Secretariat and Ruffian
A provocative, atmospheric sports history that provides a new understanding of a seminal sports figure, from raw and innocent athletic talent to mortal American icon, The Galloping Ghost brings the legend of Red Grange to a new generation and underscores his enormous impact on American sports.
With superb reporting and deft writing, Gary Andrew Poole pulls off his version of a spectacular Grange touchdown run, invigorating a legendary sports story with energy and new detail. Granges inner life is explored as broken-field runs come alive and a controversial saga plays out. John Eisenberg, author of The Great Match Race
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Poole has written for the New York Times, TIME, GQ, Wired, and other publications.
His Website: www.garyandrewpoole.com"
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This past January, ESPN named Harold Red Grange the greatest college football player ever. Yet for all his achievements, Grange has been a largely overlooked and unexplored icon, until now. In The Galloping Ghost, Gary Andrew Poole gives us the first major biography of Grange, one of the most significant athletes in American sports and the founding father of our football culture. A tremendous college player who decided to go against convention and turn pro in the 1920sa time when football was seen as a purely amateur sportRed Grange is known as the man responsible for popularizing the NFL, altering the American sports landscape forever.
Red Grange was the most important figure in the history of American football, both college and pro, and Gary Andrew Pooles extremely well-researched biography of the man sheds new light on Granges career . . . A fascinating read. William Nack, author of Secretariat and Ruffian
A provocative, atmospheric sports history that provides a new understanding of a seminal sports figure, from raw and innocent athletic talent to mortal American icon, The Galloping Ghost brings the legend of Red Grange to a new generation and underscores his enormous impact on American sports.
With superb reporting and deft writing, Gary Andrew Poole pulls off his version of a spectacular Grange touchdown run, invigorating a legendary sports story with energy and new detail. Granges inner life is explored as broken-field runs come alive and a controversial saga plays out. John Eisenberg, author of The Great Match Race
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Poole has written for the New York Times, TIME, GQ, Wired, and other publications.
His Website: www.garyandrewpoole.com"
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