NFL History: The Lost Red Grange Interview

Red Grange was interviewed and recorded on audiotape by Coach Dick Hamler at Red's home in Florida in 1986. Red talks about the early days of his career and the NFL, and players he considered the all-time greats.
0:30 Talks about delivering ice and how it helped make him successful
3:02 Talks about attending the University of Illinois and Coack Robert Zuppke
11:15 Meets his future manager, C.C. Pyle
17:00 Discusses the rise of the popularity of pro football in American newspapers and radio
20:55 Bronko Nagurski - the greatest football player
22:11 Cliff Battles - the other greatest back
23:01 Jim Thorpe - obviously a great player
25:00 Mrs. Grange introduced (probably telling Red and Dick to wrap it up)
26:00 Winding up conversation, discussing Red Grange candy bars and other endorsements
This recording was made by my great-uncle R.E. 'Dick' Hamler and the family has agreed to release it to the Public Domain.
All photos used in the slideshow are from the Library of Congress website and Wikipedia - all listed as Public Domain and/or with no publishing restrictions (no attributions needed).

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Thank you, very much.

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Fantastic interview!! Thanks for posting this amazing piece of history

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Absolutley love this. The exact questions I would ask Harold if I could.