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词条 Johnny Lujack
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  1. Early life and college career

  2. Professional career

  3. Post-playing career

  4. Statistics

     College  Professional 

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_place = Connellsville, Pennsylvania
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  • 2× Pro Bowl (1950, 1951)
  • 3× first-team All-Pro (1948–1950)
  • Second-team All-Pro (1951)
  • NFL rushing touchdowns leader (1950)
  • NFL passing yards leader (1949)
  • NFL passing touchdowns leader (1949)
  • 3× National champion (1943, 1946, 1947)
  • Heisman Trophy (1947)
  • Sporting News Player of the Year (1947)
  • Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1947)
  • 2× Unanimous All-American (1946, 1947)

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John Christopher Lujack Jr.[1] (pronounced Lu' jack; born January 4, 1925) is a former American football quarterback and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner. He played college football for the University of Notre Dame, and professionally for the Chicago Bears. Lujack was the first of several successful quarterbacks who hailed from Western Pennsylvania. Others include Pro Football Hall of Fame members Johnny Unitas, Joe Namath, Dan Marino, Jim Kelly, Joe Montana and George Blanda.

Early life and college career

Lujack was born to Alice and John, Sr.,[2] in 1925 in Connellsville, Pennsylvania,[3] the youngest of four sons and fifth child in a family of six children.[3] The family is of Polish descent and included older siblings Valentine ("Val"), Stanley ("Stan"), Victoria, Aloysius ("Allie"), and younger sister Dolores.[2][4][1][3][5] His father, John, Sr., worked for the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad for thirty years as a boiler-maker.[5]

He was on the Connellsville High School football team from 1939 to 1941, and was also senior class president and valedictorian.[6] He lettered in four sports; baseball, football, basketball, and track, in high school.[2][7]

His 1941 high school team, named the Cokers for workers in the coal milling industry who feed the ovens, went 8–0–1, but did not get to play for the WPIAL league championship because their last game, with Brownsville, ended in a 13–13 tie.[8]

People in Connellsville had wanted him to go to the United States Military Academy (Army) at West Point, going so far as to ask their local congressman for an appointment, but Lujack, a fan of Notre Dame from listening to their football radio broadcasts, had his heart set on playing in South Bend.[9][10] He was the first Connellsville High School student to receive an appointment to Army.[2]

Lujack attended Notre Dame, where he was given a scholarship by Frank Leahy, from 1942 to 1943 and then 1946 to 1947. His career was interrupted for two years by World War II after his sophomore season, where he served an officer in the United States Navy. His time in the Navy was spent hunting German submarines in the English Channel as an ensign.[9][10]

When he returned from the Atlantic (ETO) duty he appeared on the cover of the September 29, 1947, issue of LIFE.[11] He led the 1947 Fighting Irish to 9–0 record for his senior year, where he completed 61 passes on 109 attempts for 777 yards and also ran 139 yards on 12 carries, and won the Heisman Trophy.[8] As he had in high school, he once again received varsity letters (called "monograms") in four sports (again baseball, football, basketball, and track) while at Notre Dame, becoming the third person to do so.[9] He was a two-time unanimous All-American (1946 and 1947) and led Notre Dame to three national championships (1943, 1946 and 1947).[12][13] And, in addition to winning the Heisman, he was named Associated Press Athlete of the Year.[10]

Professional career

He was paid USD$17,000 for his 1948 rookie season with the Bears and $20,000 for his fourth and final season.[8] In his rookie season he played defensive back where he had 8 interceptions for 131 yards and kicked 44 out of 46 extra points.[8][14]

In the summer of 1949 he starred in a radio program on ABC, The Adventures of Johnny Lujack, which was a summertime replacement for the Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy show. It was a 30-minute program and broadcast on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.[15] The show was broadcast from the studios of WGN in Chicago over the Mutual Broadcasting System (MBS) and ran for 13 weeks.[16]

In the final game of the 1949 season, the 9–3 Bears defeated their hometown rivals, the Chicago Cardinals (6–5–1), by a score of 52–21 on December 11. In that game Lujack threw six touchdown passes and set an NFL record with 468 passing yards.[17][18] The record was broken later by Norm Van Brocklin.

His wife is the former Patricia Ann "Pat" Schierbrock, daughter of Josephine (née Wilson) and Frank H. Schierbrock.[19] Lujack and Schierbrock were married in Davenport, Iowa at the Sacred Heart Cathedral on June 26, 1949.[12][20] They have three children:[21] Mary, Jeff, and Carol (1954–2002).[22]

Sid Luckman and George Blanda played behind Lujack in the rotation at quarterback for the 1949 and 1950 seasons.[23][24]

During the 1950 season, Lujack set an NFL record with 11 rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. This record was tied by Tobin Rote with the Green Bay Packers in 1956, and broken by the New England Patriot's Steve Grogan in 1976.[25][26] Lujack, named to the 1950 All-Pro First Team, also set a Bears record for 109 total points in a season with 11 touchdowns, 3 (out of 5) field-goals, and 34 (out of 35) extra points.[27] That record was surpassed by Gale Sayers in 1965 with 123 total points.[28]

Post-playing career

After four years with the Bears he returned to Notre Dame as an assistant coach for 1952 and 1953 to repay Frank Leahy as a debt of gratitude for having given him a scholarship to Notre Dame.[6][8] Leahy wanted Lujack to succeed him as the head coach of the Fighting Irish, but Terry Brennan was chosen instead by Reverend Theodore Hesburgh, the university president.[29]

In 1954, he then went into the car dealership business with his father-in-law, at Lujack Schierbrock Chevrolet Company of Davenport, Iowa.[6][30] He sold his dealership interest to his son-in-law in 1988.[31]

Lujack served as a television color commentator for several years, teaming with Chris Schenkel to call New York Giants games on CBS from 1958 to 1961.[21][32][33] However, in 1962 when Ford signed on as a major sponsor and learned that Lujack was a Chevrolet dealer, he was replaced by Pat Summerall.[33][34] He also worked with Jim McKay on CBS doing college football and on ABC college football telecasts in the late 1960s.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

On June 8, 1978, Lujack was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2005, he donated $50,000 to Connellsville High School toward a new field house for the football stadium.[6] It was later named Johnny Lujack Field House.[6] The Johnny Lujack Training Facility was formally dedicated in 2009 and he was also inducted into the inaugural class of the Fayette County Sports Hall of Fame.[10]

He is the oldest living Heisman Trophy winner.[35]

Statistics

College

Year Comp Att Comp % Passing TD
1946 49 100 49.0 778 6
1947 61 109 56.0 777 9

Professional

Year Team G GS Att Comp Yds TD Int Lng QB record
1948 CHI 9 3 66 36 611 6 3 64
1949 CHI 12 7 312 162 2658 23 22 81
1950 CHI 12 12 254 121 1731 4 21 70 9–3–0
1951 CHI 12 6 176 85 1295 8 8 78 4–2–0
Career[36] 45 28 808 404 6295 41 54 81 13–5–0

References

1. ^{{citation |title=Great Athletes |author=Johnson, Rafer |publisher=Salem Press |year=2009 |page=278 |isbn=978-1-58765-473-2 }}
2. ^{{citation |title=The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures, Volume 2 |editor=Markoe, Arnie |year=2002 |publisher=C. Scribner's Sons |page=79 |isbn=978-0-684-80665-5 }}
3. ^{{citation |title=Current Biography Yearbook: Volumes 1-31 |publisher=H.W. Wilson Company |year=1948 |page=404 }}
4. ^Luczak. - Connellsville, Fayette, Pennsylvania. - 1930 United States Census. - United States Census Bureau.
5. ^{{citation |title=The Best of Sport, 1946-1971 |author=Silverman, Al |year=1971 |publisher=Viking Press |page=22 }}
6. ^{{citation |title=Football great donates $50,000 for new field house |author=Kroeger, Judy |date=September 20, 2005 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=The Daily Courier (Connellsville) }}
7. ^{{citation |title=Life's Cover |journal=LIFE |date=September 29, 1947 |page=29 }}
8. ^{{citation |author=White, Mike |title=Johnny Marching Home for Connellsville Honor |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 14, 1994 |page=D-1,D-5 }}
9. ^{{citation |author=Pennington, Bill |year=2004 |title=The Heisman: Great American Stories of the Men who Won |publisher=HarperCollins |pages=92, 94 |isbn=978-0-06-055471-2 }}
10. ^{{citation |title=Lujack heads inaugural class |date=July 14, 2009 |author=Dvorchak, Robert |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette }}
11. ^{{citation |title=Life's Cover |journal=LIFE |date=September 29, 1947 |page=(front cover) |publisher=Time, Inc. |issn=0024-3019 }}
12. ^{{citation |title=Milestones |date=July 5, 1948 |journal=TIME }}
13. ^{{citation |title=The Notre Dame Football Encyclopedia |page=128 |author1=Marder, Keith |author2=Mark Spellen |author3=Jim Donovan |year=2001 }}
14. ^{{citation |url= https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LujaJo00.htm |title=Johnny Lujack |publisher=Sports Reference LLC. |journal=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
15. ^{{citation |title='Lujack' Replaces 'Jack Armstrong' |journal=Billboard |date=June 4, 1949 }}
16. ^{{citation |title=Federal Communications Commission reports |volume=32 |page=1003 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission (printed by United States Government Printing Office) |year=1962 }}
17. ^{{citation |author=Warren, Harry |title=Lujack Sets Mark in 52-21 Rout of Cards |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=December 12, 1949 |page=C1 }}
18. ^{{citation |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/194912110chi.htm |title=Chicago Cardinals 21 at Chicago Bears 52 |date=December 11, 1949 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC. |journal=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
19. ^{{citation |title=The American Catholic Who's Who|volume= 14 |editor1=Curtis, Georgina Pell |editor2=Elder, Benedict |publisher=Romig, Walter |orig-year=First published=1960 |page=410 }}
20. ^{{citation |title=Miss Schierbrock and Lujack Married In Davenport Church |newspaper=Chicago Daily Tribune |date=June 27, 1948 |page=A3 }}
21. ^Markoe. - p.74.
22. ^quad cities times May 30, 2002
23. ^{{citation |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1949.htm |title=1949 Chicago Bears |publisher=Sports Reference LLC. |journal=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
24. ^{{citation |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1950.htm |title=1950 Chicago Bears |publisher=Sports Reference LLC. |journal=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}
25. ^{{citation |title=Patriots 27, Saints 6 |publisher=United Press International |newspaper=Telegraph Herald |date=December 5, 1976 |page=13 }}
26. ^{{citation |author=Bedard, Greg A. |date=December 4, 2011 |title=Grogan reflects on his record-setting feet |url= http://bostonglobe.com/sports/2011/12/04/grogan-reflects-his-record-setting-feet/U9xeePy4Z25BSgtfAwtDMI/story.html |newspaper=The Boston Globe |publisher=The New York Times Company and BostonGlobe.com }}
27. ^{{citation |title=Walker, Geri, Motley, Fears Unanimous All-pro Choices |publisher=Associated Press |newspaper=The New London Evening Day |date=December 28, 1950 }}
28. ^{{citation |title=Sayers Awarded Game Ball for 2d Time |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=December 13, 1965 |page=25 }}
29. ^{{citation |title=Papa Bear: The Life and Legacy of George Halas |author=Davis, Jeff |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-07-147741-3 |page=240 }}
30. ^Motor volume 116, publisher Hearst Corp., 1961, page 44
31. ^Pennington. - p.96.
32. ^{{citation |author=Adams, Val |title=TV-Radio Notes |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 22, 1956 }}
33. ^{{citation |title=Rozelle: Czar of the NFL |author=Davis, Jeff |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |year=2007 |page=133 |isbn=978-0-07-147166-4 }}
34. ^{{citation |title=Summerall: On and Off the Air |page=81 |author=Summerall, Pat |year=2006 |publisher=Thomas Nelson |isbn=978-0-7852-1492-2 }}
35. ^{{cite web|title=Where Are They Now? Heisman Trophy Edition|url=http://www.lostlettermen.com/where-are-they-now-heisman-trophy-edition/|work=lostlettermen.com|accessdate=April 21, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124011413/http://www.lostlettermen.com/where-are-they-now-heisman-trophy-edition/|archivedate=November 24, 2010|df=}}
36. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LujaJo00.htm|title=Johnny Lujack Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}

External links

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