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Spouse. Fannie Katherine Hollis. . . ( m. 1906) . Children. Florence Rice. Henry Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880 – July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose. His writing was published in newspapers around the country and broadcast on the radio.
Grantland Rice, sportswriter for the New York Herald Tribune, gave the foursome football immortality. After Notre Dame's 13–7 upset victory over a strong Army team, on October 18, 1924, Rice penned "the most famous football lede of all-time": Outlined against a blue-gray October sky the Four Horsemen rode again.
The Grantland Rice Bowl was an annual college football bowl game held from 1964 through 1977. The game originated as an NCAA College Division regional final, then became a playoff game for Division II. It was named in honor of Grantland Rice, an early 20th century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose, and was originally played in ...
It made him founder and editor of Grantland.com, a sports/pop culture hybrid website virtually stripped of the letters E, S, P and N. Grantland's monthly traffic, about 5 million people, is weak ...
Alvin Bell. Attendance. 37,000–38,000. Cotton Bowl Classic. < 1937. 1939 >. The 1938 Cotton Bowl Classic was the second edition of the Cotton Bowl Classic, featuring the Colorado Buffaloes and the Rice Owls. [1] [2]
The Grantland Rice Trophy was an annual award presented in the United States from 1954 to 2013 to the college football team recognized by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as the national champions . Named for the legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice, the trophy was presented annually after the college football bowl games.
The 1926 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1926. The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1926 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice with ...
Grantland Rice Bowl. < 1966. 1968 >. The 1967 Grantland Rice Bowl was an NCAA College Division game following the 1967 season, between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Ball State Cardinals. [2] Eastern Kentucky quarterback Jim Guice was named the game's most outstanding player. [1]