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Lot # 13: 1923 Red Grange, "Portrait of the Galloping Ghost" His Earliest Known (Local Studio)

Category: Football

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 21 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "June Collectors Auction 2022",
which ran from 6/27/2022 2:00 PM to
7/9/2022 8:00 PM



1923 Important and early studio photograph of young Red Grange from his first season as a varsity player with the University of Illinois. When he sat in the Weber Studios of Champaign, Illinois for this image, he was only famous in his hometown of Wheaton, but nobody had any idea what would soon come for number 77. He would change the game of football like nobody else before or since, transforming it from a regal college game to a professional powerhouse. A cool note on the back dates it to the end of the 1923 season, but the image itself dates to before the season started, making it one of his earliest and possibly his greatest ever taken. The image is clean and clear with some damage to the left border being the only flaw. An important piece of football history that is being offered here for the first time ever!

Size: 4x6
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 2.5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 7.5/10

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