GRANTLAND RICE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 182573
Sale Price $165.00
Reg. $200.00
GRANTLAND RICE
Index card signed "Sincerely" by sports writer Grantland Rice,
a modern pioneer of sports journalism who coined the nickname "The Four
Horsemen" for Notre Dame's 1924 offensive backfield
Autograph note signed: "To Richard Portofee/Sincerely/Grantland
Rice". 5¼x3¼ card. Considered a pioneer of modern sports journalism,
Grantland Rice (1890-1954) was the first U.S. newspaperman to gain
fame by writing about sports. Credited with the popular phrase "It's not
whether you won or lost, but how you played the game" and nicknamed the
"Four Horsemen" of Notre Dame, Rice covered the careers of such legendary sports
greats as Bobby Jones, Jack Dempsey, Bill Tilden, Helen Wills. His column, "The
Sportlight", was nationally syndicated in 1930, and Rice also produced
documentaries and wrote books, including The Duffer's Handbook of Golf
(1926), about sports. Lightly toned, soiled, creased and bowed. Mounting residue
and light discoloration on verso (no show-through). Otherwise in fine
condition.
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