Historic football panoramic photo in HA - 1925 Giants vs Bears - Grange rookie year

[revmoran]

No names on the back of the Akron Cabs Football team and no luck in searching newspapers for articles either. One thing on that 1925 Bears at Giants photo - you can certainly see why Tim Mara made his money at that game - so different from most photos from the 1920s where the Polo Grounds has vast sections of empty seats - like this shot of Glenn Campbell running for a TD for the Giants in a 1929 game

[TanksAndSpartans]

I didn't see in the HA description that they identified Grange. I see a figure in a coat that looks likes his raccoon coat near the 35. Is that him?

[Ribbens]

Is there another picture of him in that coat so we can verify the match?

[TanksAndSpartans]

A Google images search for "red grange raccoon coat" turns up several, but I couldn't magnify the figure at the 35 enough.....

[revmoran]

Can't see much in the Heritage scan

[Ribbens]

Here is another picture from November 1925 before joining the Bears.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...hoto/514952790

[Ribbens]

The item sold for 3400.00

[jefferyepayne]

$4063 with Bidders Premium.

Expected it would go between $3K-5K so it ended up right in the middle.

What a historic piece!

jeff