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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.
The event was concocted by the Route 66 Association and a slick promoter, Charles C. Pyle. Known as the "P.T. Barnum of professional sports," Pyle aggressively pursued product endorsements, orchestrated media coverage, and whipped up public interest.
May 28, 2013 · On March 4, 1928, 199 men set off from Los Angeles on foot. Their destination: New York City. It was the Bunion Derby, perhaps the most grueling contest in the golden age of endurance competitions, an era when dancing, flagpole sitting, eating, and even coffee drinking turned into tests of will.
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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.
Feb 2, 2020 · Charles Cassius “Cash & Carry” Pyle, a onetime Champaign-Urbana resident who gained national fame as the agent of Red Grange, died 81 years ago on Feb. 3, 1939.
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Jul 10, 2007 · A riveting account of an incredible 3,423-mile foot race across America, the Great Foot Race of 1928, and C.C. Pyle, the legendary sports promoter who masterminded the event. A year before the Great Depression, endurance fads were all the rage.
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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.
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Mar 26, 2013 · C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race is a classic American story so astonishing and surreal that you have to hear it to believe it.
Nov 1, 1998 · Organized by Charles C. Pyle, perhaps the nation's first sports agent, the 3,422.3-mile race from Los Angeles to New York City offered a total purse of $48,000, with the winner to receive $25,000.
Pyle, a sports agent and promoter, came up with the idea of a footrace (mockingly known as “the Bunion Derby”) from Los Angeles to New York that promised $48,500 in cash, including...
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