#48: Red Grange | The Top 100: NFL’s Greatest Players (2010) | NFL Films

Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback Red Grange comes in at number 48 on NFL Films' "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players" list produced in 2010.
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[@lindalee2021]

So proud to be the niece of Red Grange. He could never understand how people thought he was a super star. Uncle Red was in my eyes, but that's because he would flip me over his shoulder when I was little and I thought I could touch the sky. Anyone that knew him would tell you, Red Grange was a humble man and lived a humble life. Love these few minutes of hearing his voice again. I'll see you in Heaven Uncle Red!

[@adolfojuarez3654]

Wow 😳 do you have pictures of him

[@rickcope3226]

That's awesome

[@mikeythegreatable]

tom brady owns your uncle

[@nomibe2911]

@@mikeythegreatable you’re a class act

[@RobertSmith-hz9sm]

Wow this is kinda crazy but if true that’s insane!

[@ashdude55]

i was gonna have a good nights sleep until 2:33 showed up...

[@PorkFrog]

Annabelle's brother

[@abboman8748]

Lol

[@Unidentified4]

This guy was one letter away from his name being Red Orange

[@theHardyMonster1984]

We call that a coincidence.

[@dublinrupepupkin]

LMAO!!!

[@abboman8748]

Lol

[@nobodyaskedbut]

Still the greatest college football player of all-time. What he did to a Michigan team which owned a 20 game unbeaten streak is astounding. In 20 minutes he scored more points by himself than they had given up in the previous 20 games combined. Then a year later he destroys a powerful Penn team in Philly and wows the eastern press while running in 5 inches of mud. He joined Ruth & Dempsey to create the golden age of sports in the 1920s and the NFL would not have achieved much in the 1920s without Grange.

[@matthewroberti6753]

0:00 - 0:08 is what is wrong with the game today

[@xxmayhemxx6662]

Matthew Desantis what

[@Holycow8498]

he said you learn how to take a good licking and not cry about it and hand one out and not brag about it so you fill in the blanks of what he meant

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Great catch on that! So true!

[@ogmoustachemalefacialcompa3907]

*it's what's wrong with all millennials today *

[@alightthatnevergoesout]

So damn true.

[@martyzimmerman844]

I love NFL films Red Grange was one of the great running backs of his time.

[@tapper7724]

Of all time

[@chessmanatee2024]

I go 1. Jim brown 2. Red grange 3. Barry Sanders 4. Gale sayers 5. Go ahead TRY to argue with me

[@lennythegumpsummers8889]

@@chessmanatee2024 what about gale sayers????Bronko nagurski played at fullback

[@chessmanatee2024]

@@lennythegumpsummers8889 the only 20s to 40s running back I know is red grange

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

@@lennythegumpsummers8889 so did jim

[@chandlernayman1675]

Red Grange, breaking ankles before it was cool ( 1:30)

[@cowpoke02]

football came from rugby so they had moves .. jim thorpe . wish video of the best ever .. nobody had conditioning like him or ever will. this video is awesome to see its all the same . skill speed and step moves from most sports and rugby ,, gotta love these people.

[@alexsudduth4202]

actually 1:28

[@dirtnugget5968]

1:24

[@johngeorges7708]

"There's a lot of things you can learn from football. You can learn how to take a good licking and not cry about it. And you can learn how to hand one out and not go around bragging about it". Well, that lesson has sure been lost these days.

[@abboman8748]

Ikr

[@TomGrubbe]

Absolutely true unfortunately.

[@codywray8212]

When men were men. Not the over paid cry babies that play today.

[@LinkRocks]

@@codywray8212 Oh shut up. You go out on the field and tell us how weak players are today.

[@LinkRocks]

Oh shut up, grandpa Simpson. Being macho to cover up your insecurities isn't cool, it's hilarious.

[@rightasreign3807]

He should be up there at Top 10. He helped make what football is today.

[@Marcus-vh5oj]

Reported

[@luke-mm4hs]

@@Marcus-vh5oj stfu

[@JamesKP17847]

That doesn’t make a hill of beans it matters how good he was and the guy was good during a terrible era not even the best of his era. I usually don’t say older players couldn’t play today but this guy most definitely couldn’t

[@KingKongbabe]

@@JamesKP17847 your a joke

[@iamhungey12345]

@@KingKongbabe He was likely talking out of his ass to troll.

[@thezenitsufan1249]

Grange scored 531 total touchdowns?! Damn!

[@kpz1234]

"A streak of fire, a breath of flame, a gray ghost thrown into the game. Eluding all who reach and clutch; That rival hands may never touch; A rubber bounding, blasting soul, whose destination is the goal. Red Grange of Illinois!" - Grantland Rice

[@mtpascoe]

If I had the ability to travel back in time, I would go to the Memorial Stadium on Oct. 18, 1924, to watch in person Red Grange scoring four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes vs. Michigan

[@stevefowler2112]

He looks fast in that last clip...he is running away from the defense like they are standing still...that's damn impressive in any era.

[@theHardyMonster1984]

Red Grange and Jim Thorpe are two of the best athletes and helped turn rugby into American football that we now know today. You'll notice @0:49 that he touches the ball down in the try zone, that is a still done in modern rugby today.

[@stevefowler2112]

@blake...well said and nice catch re: the "touch down"...I didn't notice that, but you are certainly correct...I played RB/CB on my H.S. football team (Cris Collinsworth was my QB, Astronaut H.S. '76), and when I was in The Corps while stationed in D.C. in the mid 70's the brits used to have walkup rugby games down on the mall. I had never played but as I had excellent foot speed and had excelled at football my entire life (I'm sure I could have played college ball somewhere, as I had legit 4.5 40 speed but at 5'9" 165 lbs I knew I couldn't play about the mid college level so I joined The Corps then went to Engineering College) thought I'd give it a try and I ended up playing for a couple years while I was there...anyway I remember the rugby guys would touch the ball down, I never did and nobody said anything, but now I know why....as for Jim Thorpe, I'm a white guy who the rumor in our family is we have more than a dash of Indian blood and Jim was my first boyhood hero when I learned about his athletic accomplishments.

[@RockdaNike]

Steve Fowler Old films, especially of low quality, skipped frames a lot. That’s why a lot of old films people look like they’re moving quickly, basically it’s fast-motion by accident.

[@mrstep2me]

Grange, and Don Hutson were outliers, guys who had the kind of speed like guys playing now have. In an era where most guys were fairly slow, they just ate guys for lunch. They might not be quite as dominant as they were back then, but they could probably play in the league today, and that's not true of many players from the 20s and 30s.

[@jjgreen5206]

These are awesome! We need a 2023 version! Remember people 1989-2023 is the same amount of time as 1955-1989. We need a top 100 in 2023. Give Red todays nutrion, supplements, fields, weight room etc and who knows how good he would be

[@marcoslaureano5562]

The man is to football what Ruth is to baseball. I just wish there were more highlights of his.

[@asd36f]

3:00 - Some old school wet weather football right there!

[@abrahamjackson6019]

8 yards a carry ! Insane

[@Holycow8498]

with out players like Bronko nagurski Red Grange and many other greats of the early years Pro Football wouldn't be able to last so do not discount what they did

[@folkblues4u]

Holycow 8498 BEARDOWN!

[@jeremythompson9122]

Jim Thorpe, Red Grange, and Ernie Nevers were the first real stars in the NFL. It's a shame what it's become under Roger Goodell. He has totally ruined the NFL in the last 20 years or so. I think he's rigged quite a few very important games too by using the officials to help determine the outcomes of them. It's a shame. Almost unwatchable

[@andrewbsfootballarchives4247]

@@jeremythompson9122 Jim Thorpe is probably the greatest athlete that has ever graced the earth. Loved this piece on Red Grange, a legend in his own right. Goodell will without a doubt go down as the worst commissioner of all time. With regards to the rigged games, none was worse than that Jacksonville Jags vs. Pats 2017 AFCCG. What a bunch of garbage!

[@hennndo]

@@andrewbsfootballarchives4247 Bo jackson ? prime time? greatest athlete? omg

[@jasonwarmiller]

The Eternal Flame of Professional football.

[@the1magageneral323]

Every Bears fans should know who Red Grange is.

[@NESQUEHONINGSfinest]

watching this in october 2019 i come back to that opening quote by grange every year just to feel good about what this game once was before they ruined it with flags and rules that took the humble spirit of competition outta professional football.

[@LinkRocks]

Yeah, rules against beating an opponent is such a bad idea. Grow up.

[@nebraskafootball372]

Just bought his autograph psa guaranteed for 60 bucks, got a great deal always loved learning about him!

[@robroberts1473]

that last run was pretty damn sweet.

[@SanDmaNTheFreakTrucker]

The sad thing is the younger generation think the NFL starts and stops at Tom Brady.

[@mohit4679]

I feel like you can appreciate the history of the game and current players at the same time. Unfortunately there a still a lot of casual idiots who think anyone who plays outside their generation sucks.

[@drayfinmania]

I’m 11 and I dont

[@jamesvickers9476]

They're young what do you expect..but clips like this will show them

[@batman91500]

@Dr Beyonder far from it.

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Red saved the New York Giants from folding. It took a soldout game to save them

[@glitzcomet3784]

531 td’s😱😱😱😱

[@kyledabearsfan]

I grew up and loved watching his clips, he just was an unstoppable force

[@benhogg8053]

He was one of the best ever

[@ShawnMcClurg]

0:44 is that a tree in the middle of the field

[@mastermonarch]

Abnormal early attempt at stadium lights

[@folkblues4u]

that's the goalpost. They weren't always at the back of the end zone. They use to be on the goal line

[@christopherbellore3511]

I got it at 0:50. Yeah, that's a goal post. There were two of them at the front of the end zone. The tree in the back of the stadium jutting up behind the signs LOOKS like its the top of the goal post. It's an illusion!

[@ShawnMcClurg]

Yeah my bad guys, it just kinda blends in with whatever’s above the signs in the background and *looks* like a tree

[@Kyle_Hessler]

They said he scored 500+ TDs over 13 year (High School, College, & Pros). His stat sheet says 21 TDs over his pro career. While I doubt those stats, I don't doubt that greatness.

[@jimlascola]

Not Bragging about it Lesson has been forgotten in Todays NFL :(

[@bobbart6498]

My high school was the home of important people like Edwin Hubble and Bob Woodward, as well as famous actors like the Belushi Brothers, but they still honor Red Grange as the school’s greatest alumnus.

[@starguy2718]

Even above Edwin Hubble? Sports is just entertainment; Hubble made a difference, by changing our view of the universe.

[@bobbart6498]

I’m not saying I necessarily agree with it, I’m just saying that Grange is more honored at my school than Hubble. they have multiple murals of him, they named the football field after him, and they have his leather helmet on display in one of the hallways not to mention that during assemblies, his name always comes up. Hubble has one Picture and a school record in a track event.

[@TheAToutant]

Amazing

[@folkblues4u]

Lot of players today should listen to that first quote. Far too much bragging and celebrating for small things - like making a tackle for short gain on 2nd or 3rd down. I see defenses today flex their muscles and do all kinds of celebratory dances and movements like they just won the game singlehandedly. I miss the good old days when classy players would make big plays and still be professional afterwards.

[@ATLKing404]

God forbid anyone show emotion

[@Kapito13]

@@ATLKing404 Emotion is one thing ( see every other sport ) . Acting like a clown is a different thing .

[@folkblues4u]

@@ATLKing404 another "classy" raider fan i see... Emotion is fine. But you play for the win... So, until you've achieved that why celebrate as if you have?

[@justthink5854]

yeah. it's taking up more time than the actual plays.

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

@@folkblues4u literally for no other reason than the fun of it. But I get what you mean about too much celebrating small things.

[@xaviervega468]

First NFL superstar.

[@mortensen1961]

Second, after Thorpe.

[@Samson-cb1kx]

I was walking in Downtown Canton, Ohio and seen a Grange mural on an old building and had to do some research.👍

[@barones6251]

Should have been much higher...A cornerstone of the NFL....

[@nikond-vp9wt]

My grandpas era

[@archiveprotector]

Players used to play hurt every game. They used to try and play even with serious injuries. They had less padding, softer helmets, bad footwear, no 1st class flights, traveling by bus and train, smoking, drinking. Brady cries when he gets hit, he wouldn’t have lasted 5 years in the old days. Do people even know the rule changes that have taken place since 1978? 2 VERY GAME CHANGING RULES were implemented, look them up. Every year since then the NFL makes more rules to PROTECT the QB. The game is MUCH softer than it used to be. Every rule change in the NFL, NBA and NHL in the last 30 years have all been designed to HELP THE OFFENSE. That’s why all the stats in the NFL are so exaggerated. The game is easier for the offensive players now; it was MUCH harder in the old days. Guys like Brady aren’t better, the situation is better. Unitas, Baugh etc. would have MUCH better numbers and LONGER careers if they were playing now. Give EVERY player from previous eras the same advancements in strength training, nutrition, STEROIDS, equipment/padding, medical procedures and rehabilitation/therapy techniques and they would be the very equivalent of today’s players if not better. Men in those days were TOUGHER.

[@littlebirdie963]

Brady is one of the tougher qb's in the league. Curb your bias.

[@swspartanhwk]

no he is not he is a cheater

[@justannbafan3646]

George Wagner this is all true but take into account that players today are much bigger, faster, and stronger than they were then.

[@Kapito13]

@@justannbafan3646 Because of all the things he mentioned : Steroids , HGH , training etc

[@joshct9426]

If you told people who watched Red Grange that he would be ranked at this spot they would think you're crazy

[@afranks8566]

The jack dempsey and Babe Ruth of Football.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The galloping ghost legend I hope he's in the hall of fame college or professional

[@earldeanpowell]

First 20 seconds should be must- watch for today's peacocks playing at the game.

[@alektorrez9615]

What he said in the the 1st part of the video is what football is all about

[@ketchuploverful]

Oct 18,1924 6Tds 402 total yards

[@saverioman]

Legend has it that during that game Fielding Yost's wife told him, "Fielding, don't you think it would be a good idea if you sent in someone to tackle that red-headed boy?''

[@danielpowers4270]

630 baby

[@savagec0w1o17]

1:51 sign. That man! (The ref)

[@tomfrankiewicz7951]

I wish today's players had his humility and class

[@LinkRocks]

LOL he wasn't humble. He was arrogant. That first quote shows you that.

[@eddixon2015]

Old Journalists really knew how to turn a phrase.

[@loganstolberg2743]

Grange may be the best running back of all time

[@nomibe2911]

Look how at the 30 second mark when someone tries to pat his shoulder and his teammate brushed that person hand away.

[@elderhardaway5674]

Harold "Red" Grange!!!!!** This Athlete Was Indeed An "Outstanding" Running Back.** Red Grange Was Called "The Galloping Ghost Fits Him "Perfect" And "Natural." A Very Fast Running Back, Red Grange Had It All Together In His Time.** A "Great Athlete"** A "Great Human" "Being!!!!!"**

[@elderhardaway5674]

Correction: "The Galloping" "Ghost!!!!!"**

[@icebergslim3737]

Dam 531 TDs is insane Then the nickname The Galloping Ghost need I say more

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

I loved those leather helmets

[@43Magicman]

New England bound!

[@Turbo_Ty600]

I go to the Wheaton south the same as red grange and the fields name after him

[@johnbondola3246]

Red got better, he made ESPN's #28 Sports Century Team, only #48 in NFL Films.

[@practicalathletics962]

I noticed the goal post at the end line in this video. Does anyone know when they moved it to the goal line and then back?

[@davidhutchinson7888]

1970's

[@codej1738]

Quick and fast

[@Spacejunk57]

Seen where he was born in a tiny woods village in Pennsylvania Stoney fork I think.

[@michaelamen7073]

Nah it was in wheaton illinois

[@chuckcollins2349]

Bad man

[@Playsinvain]

:27 don`t sneak up on that guy

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Those were the days when football was really football red grange George halas

[@atanaskostov8378]

Does anyone know the song at 3:00

[@hannesdhondt3096]

0:50 did they still have to touch the ball on the field? Just as is still the case in rugby? Or did he just randomly do that?

[@BrotherApexx]

That's why they call it a "touchdown." They had to touch the ball down in the end zone. Really, I don't know if that's true lol

[@InvestBetter.]

I would rank him over Jim Thorpe. 500+ TD in 4000 career carries So great, they put him in movies. And there is tape of him dominating

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

I always confuse the 2

[@TheAToutant]

Cool

[@wizardly2690]

Red Orange

[@jawonryan3959]

He's an Athlete

[@wolfgangfreeman3928]

I was always told it was Gale sayers was the galloping ghost. Now i know the truth thanks for that.

[@spflaherty8559]

3:02 thats thorp

[@jeremythompson9122]

Great words by Red to those kids in the beginning of the video. The crybaby snowflakes now ought to watch it

[@TheAToutant]

Wow he put the ball down to touch it

[@RLSmith-jt8qj]

Touchdown

[@Tootswilligers]

Well he was named after a color. No wonder why he was so colorful.

[@xeditionstarwars6011]

What’s sad is most fans think the NFL started in 1967 with Super Bowl 1 and ignore any history before it aka 1920-1966

[@runner6500]

Red Grange to Jordan Howard. Bear Down!

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

runner6500 so you’re gonna skip a lot of bears legends ?

[@TheAToutant]

Wow

[@ericmuhammed2859]

Why did he where #48 & #77 ?

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

531 Touchdowns you're not suppose to keep stats starting in JHS

[@nox1ck589]

Why does every guy from the 1920 up to around the 40’s play on the bears, each time I pick one from that time they always say they played with the bears

[@dcbaby2028]

531 touchdowns

[@ericsilva6517]

Lil Rose I can’t even get that in ncaa road to glory on freshman difficulty

[@billbill5326]

8 year NFL career scoring 21 touchdowns and rushing for less than 600 yards. Ranked way to high!

[@keithmotsinger918]

Played most of the pros,with a torn acl,just tape it up and go.

[@robertgollnick5183]

0:50.... he scores a try.

[@edvenuto9614]

Red grange is as big as jim Thorpe

[@spudskie3907]

"You learn how to take a good licking and not cry about it, and you learn how to hand one out and not go around bragging about it." Today's football players could learn a thing or two about not showboating after making a play.

[@LinkRocks]

LOL! He was a prima donna too, slappy. Look at all of the endorsements he had.

[@caddocourtyard4596]

why every time i watch football highlights or track runners in black and white do i feel like it's sped up

[@damn.1672]

*reD oRaNGe*

[@TheAToutant]

Cheese

[@Music--ng8cd]

Helmets optional

[@user-xd6ft6jc2e]

Derrick Henry solos

[@cowboysfan782008]

I dated Red's older sister, "Violet", and boy was she a tom cat. I would come over with just a penny candy and those bloomers would be off. Good Times!

[@personguy5536]

Jesus how old are you

[@MustacheDLuffy]

@@personguy5536 100 years old

[@dontdoittoyoself6786]

Red Grange today is Danny Woodhead

[@jeydenyakartsang3013]

hell no!!!

[@personguy5536]

No...

[@superdjaction]

Don Hutson is by far better

[@thebeastbmode8984]

He did not score 531 touchdowns Jerry rice has the record at 208

[@notthatyouasked6656]

531 is the total of high school, college and pro.

[@jasonwarmiller]

Pay attention

[@Hothiboi]

Learn to listen

[@KylesRoom]

Imagine a black player out there

[@speedx357ify]

There were black players in the 20s. The league deintegrated in 1933, thought it would be a bad look to employ and pay black players when white fans couldn't find work. There was a black UCLA back last name Washington who was great in the 30s and was compared to Grange in open field ability. Probably better in reality but hey 🤷‍♂️

[@erickestrada9253]

No one really cares about people from 60 years ago it's pretty boring

[@dynastyinc.madden7128]

Really? Lol. Cause I'm pretty sure a lot do including myself. After all these are the people that made the NFL we know today. They're just as important as Montana and LT were.

[@ethanic1024]

without these guys there would be no nfl

[@B000mB000mB00m]

Shut up you post black ops videos

[@matthewroberti6753]

lol i'm assuming you are a teenager and didn't understand what he said at 0:00-0:08 I'm sure you like when "odell beckham jr" dances like a toolbag after scoring a touchdown. It wasn't boring some of us would rather watch Men play a mans game. You want to know something crazy the game of football wasn't a soap opra back than. They didn't thrive in the media, they didn't pop up after making a big hit and beat they're chest and typically after they beat they're chest acting like they made they play off the century the offense ends up scoring like 4 plays later anyway, the played the game like how it's supposed to. Didn't talk about it just went out tried to kill each other and took a shower after the game.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

And that statement shows exactly how shallow of a person you are. These "People from 60 years ago" would spank your sorry ass and send you crying home to your mommy!

[@ezrajamesgames5659]

They really should of showed all of his touchdowns he only had 21