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Sidney "Sid" Luckman, (November 21, 1916 – July 5, 1998) was an American football quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1939 to 1950. During his 12 seasons with the Bears he led them to four NFL championships. Luckman was the first modern T-formation quarterback〔 and is considered the greatest long range passer of his time.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Luckman, Sid )〕 He was named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1943, and Pulitzer prize winning sports writer Ira Berkow wrote that Luckman was "the first great T-formation quarterback".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sid Luckman, Legendary Quarterback )〕 Following his retirement from playing, Luckman continued his association with football by tutoring college coaches, focusing on the passing aspect of the game. Luckman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Sid Luckman )〕 and in 1988 he was declared a joint winner of the Walter Camp Distinguished American Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards )〕 ==Early life== Luckman was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish immigrants from Germany. His father sparked his interest in football at age eight, by giving him a football to play with. He and his parents lived in a residence near Prospect Park and it was here as a youngster that Sid first started throwing the football around.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Jews in American Sports, page 264 )〕 He played both baseball and football for Erasmus Hall High School, with his football skills impressing recruiters from about 40 colleges.〔 Luckman chose Columbia University after meeting Lions coach Lou Little during a Columbia/Navy game at the university's Baker Field athletic facility.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 C250 celebrates Columbians ahead of their time )〕 Luckman was not admitted to Columbia College; instead, he attended the New College for the Education of Teachers, an undergraduate school, which was within Teachers College at Columbia. He competed on the football team from 1936 until the New College closed in 1939, when he transferred to Columbia College.〔George W. Lucero (2012). The Cultured and Competent Teacher, the Story of New College, manuscript/dissertation, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?Ver=1&Exp=04-03-2017&FMT=7&DID=2128966761&RQT=309&attempt=1&cfc=1〕 Coach Little had a problem of getting good high school athletes because of the entrance requirements at Columbia, and Columbia didn’t have any physical education undergraduate program, and so, when New College was started Lou Little was happy because they had a P. E. Department. In fact, the 1936 varsity football squad had five other New College students, Hubert Schulze, Edward Stanzyk, Oscar Bonom, Harry Ream, and Antoni Mareski.〔"Varsity Football Squad has Six N.C. Students," New College Outlook (III) 1 (1936, September 24):1.〕 At Columbia he was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity. Sid, keen to remain in Columbia to stay close to his family, took on jobs such as dish-washing, baby-sitting, and messenger delivery around the campus.〔 At Columbia, as a part of the football team, he completed 180 of 376 passes for 2,413 yards and 20 touchdowns and finished third in the 1938 Heisman Trophy voting, behind Davey O'Brien and Marshall Goldberg.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sid Luckman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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