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The 1920’s was the heroic era of American Sports. A heightened interest in sports started growing in the public a sudden emergence for them was arose. The major athletes in this decade were Babe Ruth, the greatest baseball player who ever lived, Red Grange, known as the ‘Galloping Ghost’, and Paavo Nurmi, a record-breaking olympic track runner.
Babe Ruth is known as the greatest baseball player who ever lived. In 1920, the New York Yankees purchased him from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000.00. During his first year as a yankee, he hit 54 home runs, compared to other players that hit approximately 20 homeruns that year. The Yankees won six pennants in the 1920s. They won the world series three times and eight times he led the league in homeruns. Ruth won the love of fans everywhere for his deeds on and off the field.
Red Grange was known as ‘The Galloping Ghost’. He was five feet, ten inches tall, and weighed 170 pounds. He was not very big for a football player. He......

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