Hall of Fame College Football Player, Professional Football Player. Johnny Lujack is remembered for his record-setting performances as a Chicago Bear and for winning the 1947 Heisman Trophy after leading the University of Notre Dame to back-to-back national college championships. Born John Christopher Luczak to a Catholic family in Western Pennsylvania, he grew up with three older brothers and two sisters. An excellent student and popular leader as well as an outstanding athlete at Connellsville High School, he was valedictorian and senior class president and earned varsity letters in baseball, basketball, football, and track. At the University of Notre Dame, Lujack continued to participate in those sports while achieving the most glory on the gridiron, as the successor to quarterback Angelo Bertelli, 1943's Heisman Trophy recipient. He played defensive halfback and some offensive halfback and also handled the punting while serving as Bertelli's backup on the national championship 1943 team. Lujack suspended his education and athletic career to serve as an Ensign in the United States Navy. His dangerous duties included hunting Nazi submarines in the English Channel. 1946 was another successful season for the Irish and their star quarterback as they claimed another national championship. As Notre Dame's quarterback in 1947, he led the Fighting Irish to victories in all nine games and to a second consecutive national championship. The Chicago Bears selected Lujack fourth overall in the first round of the college football draft and he played defensive back and handled the kicking chores as a rookie in 1948. In 1949, he excelled as quarterback, leading the NFL in passing yards and touchdown passes, even setting a record by throwing for six touchdowns in a single game. In 1950, he broke the NFL record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with eleven, and was named to the Pro-Bowl. His scoring total was unmatched by a Chicago Bear until Gale Sayers set a new mark in 1965. In 1951, his final season, he was named All-Pro and played in another Pro-Bowl game. After four seasons with the Bears, Lujack returned to South Bend to serve as an assistant to his former coach Frank Leahy for two years. He then co-owned a Chevrolet dealership with his father-in-law in Davenport, Iowa. His side career as a color commentator on New York Giants games was cut short when Ford Motor Company became a sponsor of the broadcasts and raised an objection to the presence of a rival businessman. He was inducted into the National College Football Hall of Fame in 1960, and named one of the greatest one hundred Bears in franchise history. In 1948, he married his college sweetheart Pat Schierbrock and the couple raised three children in Davenport, Iowa.