[Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Lament For A Pin-Up Pip!]

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer black backless dress paired with the verse "Lament for a Pin-Up Pip!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Red Grange: Houdini of the Gridiron" by Rico Lebrun especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back "Red" Grange mid-play.

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[1] p. : ill.: 45 x 34 cm.

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Lebrun, Rico November 1944.

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A spread from Esquire magazine featuring an illustration of a blonde Varga Girl wearing a sheer black backless dress paired with the verse "Lament for a Pin-Up Pip!" by Phil Stack. On the following side of the spread is a reproduction print of the painting "Red Grange: Houdini of the Gridiron" by Rico Lebrun especially for the November edition of Esquire Magazine in 1944. The painting depicts Hall of Fame Chicago Bears running back "Red" Grange mid-play.

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[1] p. : ill.: 45 x 34 cm.

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This item makes reference to football player Harold Edward [1903-1991]. Nicknamed the "Illinois Flash", "Red" Grange" and "The Galloping Ghost" Edward was an American football halfback for the University of Illinois and went on to play seven seasons for the Chicago Bears. Harolds' career played a major role in the legitimization of the national football league and the popularity of the sport in the early 1920's. In 1926 the NFL passed the "Red Grange Rule" which stopped players from playing both college football and pro football in the same year. He is the last player to ever do so.

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  • Preferred Citation: Jack Evans and George E. Harris Collection (The Dallas Way) (AR0788), University of North Texas Special Collections

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Vargas, Alberto; Stack, Phil & Lebrun, Rico. [Esquire Magazine Varga Girl Illustration: Lament For A Pin-Up Pip!], clipping, November 1944; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1730023/: accessed May 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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