If you’re going to tell a ghost story, who better to have as a lead character than one of the most famous ghosts in history. Red Grange earned football immortality with his jaw-dropping play on the field, which branded him with one of the greatest nicknames in sports and made him famous during his playing career. The passage of time, however, has shrouded a great deal of Grange’s incredible legacy.

Record books are filled with the accomplishments of innumerable athletes who have put up eye-popping statistics, but a true distinction of greatness is producing record-shattering results when it counts the most. That was Red Grange — an athlete who delivered some of the most dominant performances in the biggest moments against some of the very best opponents. He was far too transcendent of a player to allow his memory to fade with each new generation.

WHERE PASSION LIVES: The Spirit of College Football is devoted to helping perpetuate the story of Red Grange, reimagined as an integral part of this truly unique, modern-day tribute to our country’s greatest sport.

Photos Courtesy of the Library of Congress LC-DIG-npcc-15254 & LC-DIG-ds-03728