Red Grange
Greatest half-back in the world is Grange,
Play boy of the middle west.
To him came high adventure, romantic, strange,
Tho flamboyant fame was not his quest.
Play boy of the middle west.
To him came high adventure, romantic, strange,
Tho flamboyant fame was not his quest.
Modest youth,—slim, with auburn hair,
Students, unheeding, passed him by.
In training under Zuppke's watchful care,
Industrious, quiet, earnest and shy.
Students, unheeding, passed him by.
In training under Zuppke's watchful care,
Industrious, quiet, earnest and shy.
Marvelous runs on the foot-ball field soon brought
Varsity recognition and praise;
A hero-worship and adulation unsought
From flappers for whom Red was the craze.
Varsity recognition and praise;
A hero-worship and adulation unsought
From flappers for whom Red was the craze.
Stadium crowds uprose with ringing cheers
When seventy-seven with the ball
Sped for the goal and dissipated fears
That come, however successful, to all.
When seventy-seven with the ball
Sped for the goal and dissipated fears
That come, however successful, to all.
