Sid Luckman

Sid Luckman

Luckman, circa 1950
No. 42
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1916-11-21)November 21, 1916 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died:	July 5, 1998(1998-07-05) (aged 81) Aventura, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:	Erasmus Hall (Brooklyn, New York)
College:	Columbia (1936–1938)
NFL draft:	1939 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
Career history
As a player:
Chicago Bears (1939–1950) →Newark Bears (1939)
As a coach:
Chicago Bears (1954–1969) Quarterbacks coach
As an administrator:
Chicago Bears (1951–1953) Vice president
Career highlights and awards
As a player 4× NFL champion (1940, 1941, 1943, 1946) NFL Most Valuable Player (1943) 5× First-team All-Pro (1941–1944, 1947) Second-team All-Pro (1946) 3× NFL All-Star (1940–1942) 3× NFL passing yards leader (1943, 1945, 1946) 3× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1943, 1945, 1946) 3× NFL passer rating leader (1941, 1943, 1946) NFL completion percentage leader (1941) NFL 1940s All-Decade Team Chicago Bears No. 42 retired 100 greatest Bears of All-Time American Association champion (1939) First-team All-American (1938) Second-team All-American (1937) As a coach NFL champion (1963) NFL records Highest single-season passing touchdown percentage: 13.9% Highest career passing touchdown percentage: 7.9% Most touchdown passes in a game: 7 (tied)
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts: 1,744 Passing completions: 904 Completion percentage: 51.8% TD–INT: 137–132 Passing yards: 14,686 Passer rating: 75.0 Military career Allegiance United States Service/branch United States Maritime Service Years of service 1943–1946 Rank Ensign Battles/wars World War II
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Sidney Luckman (November 21, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American football quarterback who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 through 1950. During his 12 seasons with the Bears, he led them to four NFL championships in 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1946.

Sportswriter Ira Berkow wrote that Luckman was "the first great T-formation quarterback", and he is considered the greatest long-range passer of his time.^[1][2][3] He was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1943. Luckman was also a 3× NFL All-Star (1940–1942), 5× First-team All-Pro (1941–1944, 1947), 2× Second-team All-Pro (1940, 1946), 3× NFL passing yards leader (1943, 1945, and 1946), 3× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1943, 1945, and 1946), 3× NFL passer rating leader (1941, 1943, and 1946), named to the NFL 1940s All-Decade team, had his No. 42 retired by the Bears, and tied the NFL record of 7 touchdown passes in a game. To date, Luckman still holds the all-time NFL record for touchdown percentage,^[a] at 7.9 percent.^[4]

Luckman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965, and in 1988 he was declared a joint winner of the Walter Camp Distinguished American Award.^[5][6] Following his retirement from playing, Luckman continued his association with football by tutoring college coaches, focusing on the passing aspect of the game.

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