Original: Harold Edward "Red" Grange, nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost", (June 13, 1903 - January 28, 1991) was a college and professional American football halfback for the University of Illinois, the Chicago Bears, and for the short-lived New York Yankees.
Simplified: Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 â "January 28, 1991) was an American Football halfback and actor that played in the National Football League (NFL) for 9 seasons. He was nicknamed the" The Galloping Ghost "from a Chicago sportswriter named Warren Brown.