posted by gap at 9:08 AM
Gary Andrew Poole is a contributor to TIME. He has also written for Esquire, The Atlantic, the New York Times, and the Independent on Sunday (London). His first book--The Galloping Ghost: Red Grange, an American Football Legend, published by Houghton Mifflin--is in bookstores. It has been praised by Sports Illustrated, the Boston Globe, the Dallas Morning News, the Washington Post, Christianity Today, and the Chicago Sun-Times, among other publications. His book PacMan: Behind The Scenes With Manny Pacquiao-The Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World (Da Capo)is now available in bookstores. It has been praised by Sports Illustrated, New York Newsday, the Wall Street Journal, Boxing Insider, The Daily Telegraph, the BBC and the Los Angeles Times.
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The career of Red Grange and the question of the 1925 Championship intersect at the NFL owners meeting in Detroit, February 1926. If there had not be much attention paid to the "territorial rule" which got Pottsville suspended, it was Pyle and Grange who made it the key issue of that meeting when they asked to have an NFL franchise in New York City. The owners might have been more relaxed about the territorial rule if the only issue on the table was the 1925 Championship - but Pyle forced their hand and as a consequence they had to defend the rule at all costs; Pottsville's chances for reconsideration were shot. Not that the championship was such a big deal – my father played on the 1926 Championship Yellow Jackets and got a gold watch – he later played on the 1933 Giants in the first true NFL playoff for the title and got $160 (the Bears, who won, got $240 each, I believe.) In the article from the Feb. 8, 1926 New York Times, the championship question barely gets a mention – all the ink is for the Grange/Pyle split with the NFL
Yes, you're right. Great points. Grange and Pyle dominated the discussions at the Detroit meeting.
When Grange and Pyle asked for a New York franchise, the owners were willing to give it them because Grange could bring in so many ticket-buying fans, but New York Giants owner Tim Mara protested, and the owners decided to back-up Mara's territorial rights. They also didn't like C.C. Pyle...All of this lead to a wildcat league (Grange would play for the New York Football Yankees), and troubles for Grange and Pyle...I would have loved to have interviewed your father for my book...
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