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{{Short description|American football player (1925β2023)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Johnny Lujack | image = Johnny Lujack 1950.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Lujack {{circa}} 1950 | number = 32 | position = [[Quarterback]] / [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|1|4}} | birth_place = [[Connellsville, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|7|25|1925|1|4}} | death_place = [[Naples, Florida]], U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 186 | high_school = [[Connellsville Area Senior High School|Connellsville]] | college = [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (1943; 1946β1947) | draftyear = 1946 | draftround = 1 | draftpick = 4 | pastteams = * [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1948|1951}}) | pastcoaching= * [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]] (1952β1953)<br/>Assistant coach | highlights = * First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1950 All-Pro Team|1950]]) * 2Γ [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1951 Pro Bowl|1950]], [[1952 Pro Bowl|1951]]) * [[List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders|NFL passing touchdowns leader]] (1949) * [[List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders|NFL passing yards leader]] (1949) * [[List of National Football League annual rushing touchdowns leaders|NFL rushing touchdowns leader]] (1950) * [[Chicago Bears#Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time|100 greatest Bears of All-Time]] * 3Γ [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1943 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1943]], [[1946 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1946]], [[1947 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|1947]]) * [[Heisman Trophy]] (1947) * [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|AP Athlete of the Year]] (1947) * [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (1947) * 2Γ [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1946 College Football All-America Team|1946]], [[1947 College Football All-America Team|1947]]) | statlabel1 = [[Touchdown|TD]]β[[Interception|INT]] | statvalue1 = 41β54 | statlabel2 = Completion percentage | statvalue2 = 50% | statlabel3 = Passing yards | statvalue3 = 6,295 | statlabel4 = [[Passer rating]] | statvalue4 = 65.3 | statlabel5 = Rushing yards | statvalue5 = 742 | statlabel6 = Rushing touchdowns | statvalue6 = 21 | statlabel7 = [[Interception]]s | statvalue7 = 12 | statlabel8 = Interception yards | statvalue8 = 190 | pfr = LujaJo00 | CollegeHOF = 1641 }} '''John Christopher Lujack Jr.'''<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |date=July 25, 2023 |title=Johnny Lujack, a Star Quarterback at Notre Dame, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/sports/football/johnny-lujack-dead.html |access-date=July 26, 2023 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|Λ|l|uΛ|dΚ|Γ¦|k}};<ref>{{cite web |title=The Adventures of Johnny Lujack |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwja8TSd0Q |website=YouTube | date=April 13, 2016 |access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref> January 4, 1925 β July 25, 2023) was an American [[American football|football]] player who was a [[quarterback]] and [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame Fighting Irish]], winning the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1947. He was also a unanimous All-American in both 1946 and 1947, leading the team to national championships both years. He later played professionally for the [[Chicago Bears]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL) from 1948 to 1951, receiving first-team [[All-Pro]] honors in 1950.
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