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The United States entered the fighting in World War II in December 1941, just as the 1941 NFL season was drawing to a close. Mass enlistments and military conscription drew hundreds of players in the National Football League (NFL) to the colors, greatly impacting both team rosters and players' careers.
Johnson's best seasons were during World War II. In 1944, a season in which he had a career-high 71 runs batted in , he was selected for the All-Star Game . In 1945, he was an important part of the last Cubs team until 2016 to win a pennant, hitting a career-high .302 and scoring 94 runs , tenth in the league.
Terry Richard Schmidt (born May 28, 1952) is an American dentist and former American football player, playing cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the New Orleans Saints and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Ball State University where he was an All-American.
Luke Andrew Johnsos Sr. (December 9, 1905 – December 10, 1984) was an American professional football player, assistant coach, and head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). [1] He started with the Bears in 1929 at the age of 23 as an end. He played eight seasons in Chicago finishing his playing career in 1936.
During his career, Luckman completed 51.8% of his passes for 14,686 yards [21] and 137 touchdowns with 132 interceptions. [22] He averaged 8.4 yards per attempt, [ 22 ] second all-time only to Otto Graham (9.0), and also has a career touchdown rate (percentage of pass attempts that result in touchdowns) of 7.9 percent.
The Bears started the 1942 season well before Halas departed for World War II. 45 players on the team also joined the war effort, [11] which led to a roster shortage that nearly led to the Bears merging with the Cardinals in 1943. [12] Halas' handpicked successors Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos ran the Bears for the next three years until his ...
This is a list of Major League Baseball (MLB) players to have accumulated a value of 50 or more career Wins Above Replacement (WAR) using the Baseball Reference calculation. [a] As of the conclusion of the 2024 Major League Baseball season, 320 players have reached a WAR value of 50.0 or higher, as detailed on this list.
Watkins formerly served as a vice president of Seagrams and Sons and was an expert on the American Civil War. He was a guest speaker on many occasions including as the keynote speaker at the Plymouth Teaching American History Grant's culminating celebration.