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Lot # 733: 1920's Red Grange Doll

Category: Football

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "November 2009 Catalog ",
which ran from 11/9/2009 12:00 AM to
12/4/2009 9:00 PM



Harold "Red" Grange, professional and college American football halfback for the Chicago Bears and short-lived NY Yankees football team, was named the "Greatest College Football Player of All Time" by ESPN in 2008. A member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame, "The Galloping Ghost" has career stats that include: 569 rushing yards, 288 receiving yards, and 32 touchdowns. This Red Grange doll was manufactured by Sterling who also made Babe Ruth dolls of a similar fashion in the late 1920's, with "Sterling Doll Co, Inc" stamped onto the back of the doll's neck. Doll measures 2 feet 5" tall, and has one staple on each side of its neck. Left hand is missing. Nice bright paint on doll's face with some paint cracking on doll's head, nose, and cheeks. Dirt and stain marks on original cloth jersey and pants uniform. "77" on front of jersey, which was Grange's number.

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