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Charles C. "Charlie" Pyle (March 26, 1882 – February 3, 1939), sometimes called "Cash and Carry Pyle," was a Champaign–Urbana, Illinois theater owner, sports agent, and sports entreprenuer best known for his representation of American football star Red Grange and French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen.
Jan 22, 2018 · When notorious sports agent and promoter C.C. Pyle offered a $25,000 prize for a foot race from Los Angeles to New York, 199 runners from all over the world took their marks and half a million spectators flocked to the starting line.
Profile of C.C. Pyle, who invented the bunion derby and lursd Red Grange and Suzanne Lenglen into professionalism. He promoted his first sporting event at the age of sixteen.
Books. C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America. Among the runners of C. C. Pyle's First Annual International Transcontinental Foot Race were an...
Jan 30, 2010 · C.C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race: The True Story of the 1928 Coast-to-Coast Run Across America. There are ultrarunners, and then there are ULTRArunners. At the entry level are runners like me, who run the occasional 50 miler with hopes of maybe completing a 100 mile race one day.
Charles C. "C. C." Pyle (March 25, 1882 – February 3, 1939), often called Cash and Carry Pyle, was a Champaign, Illinois theater owner and sports agent who represented American football star Red Grange and French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen.
Aug 15, 2019 · Joe Horrigan, author of NFL CENTURY and former executive director of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, discusses early-football superstar "Red" Grange and C.C. Pyle, his agent.
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