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Football in 1926 Shaped by Grange Glories and Huge Crowds
The piece recalls a golden football season with record attendances from 40 000 to 60 000 per game nationally. It highlights Harold Grange as a pivotal figure, Illinois rise, and major upsets including Army Navy tied 21 21. The narrative ends with anticipation for 1927 and more big crowds shouting touchdown.
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Vox Populi
Wheaton, Ill
Harold Grange
Grange
Bob Zuppke
of Milneis
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Franklin Field
Middle West
Pacific Coast
Dartmouth
Yale
Harvard
Brown
Cornell
Little David
Goliath
Little Geneva College
Little St. Mary's
California
Bears
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Howard Jones
Southern California
Stanford
Ithaca
Dobie
Annapolis
Colgate
Navy
Lloyd
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Benny Friedman
Army
Soldier Field
Chicago
Alleghenies
Shapley
Hamilton
United States