Sid Luckman, 1950
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Quarterback, Columbia, 1936–⁠38

Sid Luckman

Born
Nov 21, 1916, in Brooklyn, New York
Died
Jul 5, 1998, in Aventura, Florida

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Sid Luckman played quarterback at Columbia (1936–⁠38). He finished third in the 1938 Heisman vote. The Chicago Bears took Luckman in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 1939 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1960.

At a glance

Heisman vote
3rd
In the 1938 vote
Drafted
No. 2
Overall, 1939 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Honors

All-America: Sporting News 1938; UP second team 1937; AP second team 1938; AP third team 1937; NEA third team 1937

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

In the NFL

First-team All-Pro (AP): 5 (1941–⁠44, 1947) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 1946

All-Pro teams: AP first team 1941–⁠44, 1947; AP second team 1946; New York Daily News first team 1941–⁠44, 1947; Chicago Herald-American first team 1940–⁠41, 1943; INS first team 1942–⁠44; Pro Football Illustrated first team 1943–⁠44, 1947; and 2 more.

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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