Background
Rice, Grantland was born on November 1, 1880 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bolling H. and Beulah (Grantland) Rice.
Rice, Grantland was born on November 1, 1880 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. Son of Bolling H. and Beulah (Grantland) Rice.
Preparatory education, Nashville Military Academy and Wallace U. School, Nashville. Tennessee; Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1901.
Davenport. Successively with Nashville News, 1901, Forester Magazine, 1901, Atlanta Journal, 1902-1904, Cleveland News, 1905, Nashville Tennesseean, 1906-1910, New York Mail, 1911-1914, New York Tribune (now Herald-Tribune), 1914-1930. “The Sportlight” (column) syndicated since March 1930. President Grantland Rice Sportlights, Incorporated.
(moving pictures).
Served as First lieutenant 115th Regiment Field Artillery, 30th Division, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces, in France, 1918-1919. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Theta, Berzilius. Clubs: Players, Coffee House, Dutch Treat, National Golf Links, Maidstone Golf.
Married Katharine Hollis, April.