Tag Archives: Red Grange
Eddie Tryon
Eddie Tryon (Pro football. Born, Medford, MA, July 25, 1900; died, St. Petersburg, FL, May 1, 1982.) As a four-year letterman who captain the unbeaten Colgate team of 1925 (7-0-2), Joseph Edward Tryon was a major name for the embryonic Football Yankees of 1926. Tryon scored 111 points with 15 touchdowns as a college senior, […]
Walter Koppisch
Walter Koppisch (College football. Born, Pennington, NY, June 6, 1901; died, New York, NY, Nov. 5, 1953.) Ranked among the major names in New York sports in the 1920s, Walter Frederick Koppisch is the only three-time captain in Columbia football history. Koppisch first came to notice in 1921 as a freshman, scoring six touchdowns for […]
Century Milstead
Century Milstead (College and pro football. Born, Allegheny, PA, Jan. 1, 1901; died, Pleasantville, NY, June 1, 1963.) Ranked among the best linemen of his time, Century Allen Milstead was a two-time all-America tackle at Yale (1923-24). Unlike many of his contemporaries, Milstead assayed a pro career and signed with the newly-organized Giants. After the […]
Tim Mara
Tim Mara (Pro football. Born, New York, NY, July 29, 1887; died, New York, NY, Feb. 16, 1959.) One of the legendary names not only in New York sports but in all of pro football, Timothy J. Mara created the second-oldest continuous sports franchise in the New York area, the New York Football Giants, in […]
Cash ‘n’ Carry Pyle
Cash ‘n’ Carry Pyle (Promoter. Born, Van Wert, OH, Mar. 15, 1882; died, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 3, 1939.) Easily the best-known sports promoter of the 1920s, Charles C. Pyle earned his nickname by his demands for upfront money (and a share of the team) while representing Red Grange in contract negotiations with the Chicago […]
George Pease
George Pease (College and pro football. Born, Brooklyn, NY, June 18, 1903; died, Dallas, TX, Oct. 23, 1984.) Overshadowed by his more famous running back teammates, George G. Pease nevertheless managed to establish a solid reputation for himself. During the first two of his three years at Columbia (1923-25), Pease was basically a blocking back […]
Red Grange
Red Grange (Pro football. Born, Forksville, PA, June 13, 1903; died, Lake Wales, FL, Jan. 28, 1991.) In the 1920s, during the so-called “Golden Age of Sports” in America, Harold Edward Grange was the star who put pro football on the big-time stage. Grange’s sensational exploits at the University of Illinois grabbed headlines across the […]
