Red Grange in Hollywood: Pro Football's First Superstar on the Big Screen

After being founded in 1920, the National Football League's first couple of seasons were marked by anonymity and failure, with the league lagging behind baseball, boxing, golf, tennis and even horse racing in popularity. But in the fall of 1925 that all changed. After his final game at the University of Illinois the biggest college football star in the country, All-American halfback Harold "Red" Grange, decided to play pro football with the Chicago Bears. While playing in the NFL, Grange al...