caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize birth_date alma_mater spouse image article_title name occupation alttext
grantland rice in 1921 13 july 1954 new york , new york henry grantland rice murfreesboro , tennessee 300px 1 november 1880 vanderbilt university fannie katherine hollis grantland rice 1921 04590r.jpg grantland rice
 grantland rice sportswriter grantland rice playing golf
grantland rice

henry grantland rice -lrb- november 1 , 1880 -- july 13 , 1954 -rrb- was an early 20th-century american sportswriter known for his elegant prose .
his writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio .
