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These old guys got name in their game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Our search begins at the intersection of "Broadway" Joe Namath and "Jefferson Street" Joe Gilliam. "Where have all the nicknames gone?"
The NFL has had a long history of transportation nicknames: Dick "Night Train" Lane, Lionel "Little Train" James, Ernie "The Wheel" Wheelwright, Paul "Tank" Younger. But how many laps are left in "The Bus" _ Jerome Bettis?
Others have preferred instead to walk on their own four legs over the years: Alan "The Horse" Ameche, Kenny "Pony" Graham, David "Hawg" Hanner, Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd, Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, Ray "The Rabbit' Renfro, Lance "Bambi" Alworth and Daryl "Moose" Johnston.
Speed and quickness have always mattered to owners, coaches and fans, beginning with Red "The Galloping Ghost" Grange, who came from the much more revered college ranks to give the fledgling NFL instant ...
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- Magazine article from: Football Digest Stokes, Mike January 1, 2003 700+ words
...unforgettable as their careers. RED "THE GALLOPING GHOST" GRANGE RUNNING BACK/DEFENSIVE...fire, and a breath of flame. The Galloping Ghost was born. Grange put professional...defensive back. True to form, the Galloping Ghost made the game-saving tackle in a...
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- Picture from: Getty Images Getty Images January 1, 1925 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times October 17, 2005 700+ words
...display ever unfurled by a running back. That was the day Harold "Red" Grange sped into college football history as the Galloping Ghost. He was 21 years old then, a 5-foot-11, 175-pound stripling who hardly looked strong enough to play both ways for...
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Will Grimsley January 8, 1989 700+ words
...addressed to the number 77 would find its way into the hands of a ball-carrying demon named Harold "Red" Grange. Dubbed the Galloping Ghost by the flamboyant phrasemakers of the period, Grange was the gridiron wonder in a cast of sports giants accorded the almost...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Mouchard, Andre August 14, 1997 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire June 29, 2000 700+ words
...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce & Spices, a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Daddy's BBQ Racing Co., (Pink Sheets...the co-packer and hub-supplier of Big Daddy's products. Clements has a major...
Source: HighBeam Research, These old guys got name in their game.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)