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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...
This changed in 1926 when Charles C. (“Cash and Carry”) Pyle, a successful sports promoter in the United States, offered Suzanne Lenglen $50,000 to go on a professional tour of America playing Mary K. Browne, who had been U.S. singles champion from 1912 to 1914. He also signed four male….
Charles C. "C. C." Pyle (March 25, 1882 – February 3, 1939),[1][2] 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.
