Playing Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost wins the ‘Freaky Fast 77 Yard Dash’ against an Illinois student before the start of the fourth quarter on Oct. 19. Bambenek Budzinski Bambenek Budzinski ...

Author Doug Villhard wrote "The Golden Age of Red: A Novel of Red Grange, The Galloping Ghost.” The novel is a biographical historical fiction piece that looks into the life of Grange from his ...

The event was at the 77 Club inside Memorial Stadium. Chris Willis, author of 'Red Grange - The Galloping Ghost', joined the event as a special guest. People listen to speakers in honor of the ...

In that one, Red Grange scored five touchdowns in a win over Michigan, earning him the nickname of "Galloping Ghost," Advertisement Article continues below this ad The Fighting Illini are 5-1 ...

Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photos Share CHAMPAIGN — The “Galloping Ghost” couldn’t have done it any better. Well, maybe a little better. One hundred years and a day after Illinois icon Red ...

Overlooking the grassy knoll between the stadium steps and First Street stands a 12-foot, one-ton statue of the Galloping Ghost, Harold “Red” Grange. Advertisement On Oct. 18, 1924 ...

The game will serve as a tribute to Illinois' upset of the Wolverines 100 years ago, when halfback Red Grange — "The Galloping Ghost" — ran over, through and around U-M while accounting for ...

He mentioned the name of legendary Illinois halfback Red 'The Galloping Ghost' Grange as he made his pick in studio, putting on an old school leather helmet to prove his point. His colleague ...

On that day in 1924, Red Grange, the Galloping Ghost, ran for 265 yards and four touchdowns in just the first 12 minutes of the game. He later added a fifth touchdown and passed for a sixth.

Ann Arbor papers waxed poetic about the accomplishments of Grange, now known as “the Galloping Ghost.” These accomplishments are being honored in Saturday’s 100th-anniversary game when ...