Garland Grange

{{Short description|American football player (1906–1981)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Garland Grange | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|12|2}} | birth_place = [[Forksville, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|5|28|1906|12|2}} | death_place = [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], U.S. | position = [[Halfback (American football)|Halfback]], [[End (American and Canadian football)|end]] | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | high_school = | college = [[University of Illinois|Illinois]] | pastteams = * [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1929|1931}}) | highlights = * [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1927 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1927]]) * Second-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1927 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1927]]) | pfr = GranGa20 }} '''Garland Arthur "Gardie" or "Pinky" Grange''' (December 2, 1906 – May 28, 1981) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player for the [[Chicago Bears]] from 1929 until 1931. Prior to his professional playing career, he played [[college football]] at the [[University of Illinois]]. He was the younger brother of, Illinois and Bears' star, [[Red Grange]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Garland Grange under knife to repair shoulder |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117997438/garland-grange-under-knife-to-repair/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=7 October 1925 |page=29 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Two Granges will play here sunday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117997797/two-granges-will-play-here-sunday/ |access-date=5 February 2023 |work=The Buffalo Times |date=9 October 1929 |page=16 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}{{open access}}</ref> In 1932 he served as the head coach for the independent [[St. Louis Veterans]] and [[Memphis Tigers (AFL)|Memphis Tigers]].

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==Further reading== * {{cite journal|title=The St. Louis Gunners |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |volume=4 |issue=Annual |year=1983 |pages=1–14 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-167.pdf |author=Carroll, Bob |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127035742/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/05-An-167.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-27 }} * {{cite journal|title=Pro Football Spreads South |journal=Coffin Corner |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |volume=4 |issue=Annual |year=1982 |pages=1–2 |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/04-An-122.pdf |author=Gill, Bob |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127045256/http://profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/04-An-122.pdf |archivedate=2010-11-27 }}

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