Before the Super Bowl, before "Monday Night Football," even before the NFL, there was Red Grange.If one wants to understand the forces that helped create the modern superstar athlete, you need to begin with Red Grange.
John M. Carroll is Regents Professor and Distinguished Faculty Lecturer at Lamar University and the author of Fritz Pollard: Pioneer in Racial Advancement.
Winner of the North American Society for Sport History Book Award,
1999.
"In addition to the hindsighted look into Grange's character, the
book also gives us a window into the early days of professional
football and lets us see how far the pro game has come in the past
eighty years."--State Journal-Register
"A special appeal of Carroll's detailed biography is that it can be
read on two levels: as a straightforward chronicle of Grange's
exploits in sports and entertainment and as a thoughtful inquiry
into the origins and meaning of a leading American sports
phenomenon. . . .While clarifying the details of Grange's life and
debunking some aspects of his career, Carroll still manages to
retain the appealing qualities of a gifted football player whose
actual exploits delighted thousands of onlookers and captured the
imaginations of millions more."--Vernon L. Volpe, Journal of
Illinois History
"Sport historians should find this biography a welcome addition to
the body of work emerging on the careers of specific athletic
figures. Carroll sets the record straight: the record, that is,
until now concocted of journalists' anecdotes and Grange's
typically sanitized 'as-told-to' autobiography."--Michael Oriard,
author of The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in Football
"Carroll deals with the many myths surrounding Grange while
maintaining his 'larger than life' athletic experiences. After all,
Grange will probably be remembered as the most significant
collegiate football player of the twentieth century."--Ronald
Smith, author of Big-Time Football at Harvard, 1905
Winner of the North American Society for Sport History Book Award,
1999.
"In addition to the hindsighted look into Grange's character, the
book also gives us a window into the early days of professional
football and lets us see how far the pro game has come in the past
eighty years."--State Journal-Register
"A special appeal of Carroll's detailed biography is that it can be
read on two levels: as a straightforward chronicle of Grange's
exploits in sports and entertainment and as a thoughtful inquiry
into the origins and meaning of a leading American sports
phenomenon. . . .While clarifying the details of Grange's life and
debunking some aspects of his career, Carroll still manages to
retain the appealing qualities of a gifted football player whose
actual exploits delighted thousands of onlookers and captured the
imaginations of millions more."--Vernon L. Volpe, Journal of
Illinois History
"Sport historians should find this biography a welcome addition to
the body of work emerging on the careers of specific athletic
figures. Carroll sets the record straight: the record, that is,
until now concocted of journalists' anecdotes and Grange's
typically sanitized 'as-told-to' autobiography."--Michael Oriard,
author of The End of Autumn: Reflections on My Life in
Football
"Carroll deals with the many myths surrounding Grange while
maintaining his 'larger than life' athletic experiences. After all,
Grange will probably be remembered as the most significant
collegiate football player of the twentieth century."--Ronald
Smith, author of Big-Time Football at Harvard, 1905
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