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Sid Luckman

Sidney Luckman

Position: QB-HB-DB Throws: Right

6-0, 197lb (183cm, 89kg)

Born: November 21, 1916 in Brooklyn, NY

Died: July 5, 1998 in Aventura, FL

College: Columbia (College Stats)

High School: Erasmus Hall (NY)

Draft: Chicago Bears in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1939 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1965 (Full List)

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SUMMARY

Career

128

QBrec

0-0-0

Cmp%

51.8

Yds

14686

Y/A

8.4

137

Int

132

FantPt

859.0

Passing

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Playoffs

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1939	23	CHI	NFL	LH	11	7	23	51	45.1	636	5	9.8	4	7.8	85	12.5	10.90	27.7	57.8	91.6		1	1
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	11	7	48	105	45.7	941	4	3.8	9	8.6	74	9.0	5.87	19.6	85.5	54.5		0	1	PB
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	11	11	68	119	57.1	1181	9	7.6	6	5.0	65	9.9	9.17	17.4	107.4	95.3		1	1	PB,AP-1
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	11	10	57	105	54.3	1024	10	9.5	13	12.4	52	9.8	6.09	18.0	93.1	80.1		0	0	PB,AP-1
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	10	3	110	202	54.5	2194	28	13.9	12	5.9	66	10.9	10.96	19.9	219.4	107.5		1	1	AP-1
1944	28	CHI	NFL	QB	7	0	71	143	49.7	1018	11	7.7	12	8.4	86	7.1	4.88	14.3	145.4	63.8		0	0	AP-1
1945	29	CHI	NFL	QB	10	2	117	217	53.9	1727	14	6.5	10	4.6	65	8.0	7.18	14.8	172.7	82.5		0	0
1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	11	5	110	229	48.0	1826	17	7.4	16	7.0	48	8.0	6.31	16.6	166.0	71.0		0	0	AP-2
1947	31	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	176	323	54.5	2712	24	7.4	31	9.6	81	8.4	5.56	15.4	226.0	67.7	68	1	1	AP-1
1948	32	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	89	163	54.6	1047	13	8.0	14	8.6	53	6.4	4.15	11.8	87.3	65.1	108	0	0
1949	33	CHI	NFL		11	2	22	50	44.0	200	1	2.0	3	6.0	34	4.0	1.70	9.1	18.2	37.1	61	0	0
1950	34	CHI	NFL	QB	11	0	13	37	35.1	180	1	2.7	2	5.4	44	4.9	2.97	13.8	16.4	38.1	32	0	0
12 Yrs					128	61	904	1744	51.8	14686	137	7.9	132	7.6	86	8.4	6.59	16.2	114.7	75.0	269	4	5
17 Game Avg					17	8	120	232	51.8	1950	18	7.9	18	7.6	86	8.4	6.59	16.2	114.7	75.0		1	1

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	1-0-0	3	4	75.0	88	1	25.0	0	0.0	35	22.0	27.00	29.3	88.0	156.2	0	0	0.00	22.00	27.00	0	0
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	2	2	2-0-0	13	21	61.9	201	0	0.0	0	0.0	42	9.6	9.57	15.5	100.5	93.6	0	0	0.00	9.57	9.57	0	0
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	5	12	41.7	2	0	0.0	2	16.7	11	0.2	-7.33	0.4	2.0	9.7	3	33	20.00	-2.07	-8.07	0	0
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0		15	26	57.7	286	5	19.2	0	0.0	66	11.0	14.85	19.1	286.0	135.6	0	0	0.00	11.00	14.85	0	0

1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0		9	22	40.9	144	1	4.5	2	9.1		6.5	3.36	16.0	144.0	40.7	0	0	0.00	6.55	3.36	0	1
5 Yrs					6	4	3-1-0	45	85	52.9	721	7	8.2	4	4.7	66	8.5	8.01	16.0	120.2	89.4	3	33	3.41	7.82	7.36	0	1
17 Game Avg					17	11	3-1-0	128	241	52.9	2043	20	8.2	11	4.7		8.5	8.01	16.0	120.2	89.4	9	94	3.41	7.82	7.36	0	3

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Att	Y/A+	AY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Rate+	Awards
1939	23	CHI	LH	42	11	7	51	205	190	106	150	123	148
1940*	24	CHI	QB	42	11	7	105	144	128	105	95	109	113	PB
1941*+	25	CHI	QB	42	11	11	119	151	145	128	121	136	137	AP1, PB
1942*+	26	CHI	QB	42	11	10	105	131	116	127	120	79	122	AP1, PB
1943+	27	CHI	QB	42	10	3	202	147	147	125	138	124	143	AP1
1944+	28	CHI	QB	42	7	0	143	105	109	109	109	107	112	AP1
1945	29	CHI	QB	42	10	2	217	119	128	119	108	122	133
1946	30	CHI	QB	42	11	5	229	114	116	104	117	108	116	AP2
1947+	31	CHI	QB	42	12	7	323	123	108	120	113	92	110	AP1
1948	32	CHI	QB	42	12	7	163	94	97	117	117	94	106
1949	33	CHI		42	11	2	50	62	80	92	75	112	85
Career					128	61	1744

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Punting

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Punting Table
							Punting
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	Awards
1939	23	CHI	NFL	LH	11	7	27	1199	44.4	67	0
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	11	7	27	1147	42.5	70	0	PB
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	11	11	13	534	41.1	52	0	PB,AP-1
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	11	10	24	976	40.7	60	0	PB,AP-1
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	10	3	34	1220	35.9	78	1	AP-1
1944	28	CHI	NFL	QB	7	0	20	685	34.3	63	0	AP-1
1945	29	CHI	NFL	QB	10	2	36	1299	36.1	61	0
1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	11	5	33	1235	37.4	69	0	AP-2
1947	31	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	5	177	35.4	42	0	AP-1
1948	32	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	10	384	38.4	49	0
1949	33	CHI	NFL		11	2	1	16	16.0	16	0
12 Yrs					128	61	230	8872	38.6	78	1
17 Game Avg					17	8	31	1178	38.6	78	0

Punting Table
							Punting
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	Lng	Blck	Awards
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	1	55	55.0	55	0
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	2	2	5	184	36.8	0	0
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	6	253	42.2	0	0
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	3	111	37.0	0	0

1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	7	297	42.4	0	0
5 Yrs					6	4	22	900	40.9	55	0
17 Game Avg					17	11	62	2550	40.9	55	0

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1939	23	CHI	NFL	LH	11	7	24	42	0		1.8	3.8	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	24	1.8	42	0
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	11	7	23	-65	0		-2.8	-5.9	2.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	23	-2.8	-65	0		PB
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	11	11	18	18	1	20	1.0	1.6	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	1.0	18	1		PB,AP-1
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	11	10	13	-6	0	9	-0.5	-0.5	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	-0.5	-6	0		PB,AP-1
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	10	3	22	-40	1	8	-1.8	-4.0	2.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	-1.8	-40	1		AP-1
1944	28	CHI	NFL	QB	7	0	20	-96	1	7	-4.8	-13.7	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	-4.8	-96	1		AP-1
1945	29	CHI	NFL	QB	10	2	36	-118	0	22	-3.3	-11.8	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	36	-3.3	-118	0	4
1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	11	5	25	-76	0	25	-3.0	-6.9	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	25	-3.0	-76	0	7	AP-2
1947	31	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	10	86	1	40	8.6	7.2	0.8	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.1	1.3	11	9.2	101	1	2	AP-1
1948	32	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	8	11	0	18	1.4	0.9	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.4	11	0	1
1949	33	CHI	NFL		11	2	3	4	0	14	1.3	0.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.3	4	0	1
1950	34	CHI	NFL	QB	11	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	0.1	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
12 Yrs					128	61	204	-239	4	40	-1.2	-1.9	1.6	1	15	15.0	0	15	0.0	0.1	205	-1.1	-224	4	15
17 Game Avg					17	8	27	-32	1	40	-1.2	-1.9	1.6	0	2	15.0	0	15	0.0	0.1	27	-0.1	-30	1

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	2	2	2	-9	0	3	-4.5	-4.5	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	-4.5	-9	0
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	2	-28	0	-5	-14.0	-28.0	2.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	-14.0	-28	0
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	8	64	0	24	8.0	64.0	8.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	8	8.0	64	0

1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	4	8	1	19	2.0	8.0	4.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	2.0	8	1	0
5 Yrs					6	4	17	36	2	24	2.1	6.0	2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	17	2.1	36	2	0
17 Game Avg					17	11	48	102	6	24	2.1	6.0	2.8	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	48	6.0	102	6

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	11	7	3	17	0	0				0	0.0	0	PB
1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	11	11	3	52	0	0				0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	11	10	4	96	1	54				0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	10	3	4	85	0	27				0	0.0	0	AP-1
1944	28	CHI	NFL	QB	7	0	2	36	0	35				0	0.0	0	AP-1
1945	29	CHI	NFL	QB	10	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0.0	0
1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	11	5	1	24	0	24	7	4	-17	0	0.0	0	AP-2

1948	32	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
12 Yrs					128	61	17	310	2	54	15	9	-17	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	8	2	41	0	54				0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	2	39	0	21	0				0	0.0	0	0

1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5 Yrs					6	4	3	42	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	11	9	119	0	21	0				0	0.0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1941*+	25	CHI	QB	42	11	11			0			2	29	0	0	14.5	99
1942*+	26	CHI	QB	42	11	10	6	55	0	13	9.2			0			145
1943+	27	CHI	QB	42	10	3	4	46	0	14	11.5	1	7	0	7	7.0	98
1944+	28	CHI	QB	42	7	0	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			-54
1945	29	CHI	QB	42	10	2			0			2	31	0	16	15.5	-87
Career					128	61	11	107	0	14	9.7	5	67	0	16	13.4	243

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1940*	24	CHI	QB	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0			0			-10
1942*+	26	CHI	QB	1	1	1	7	0	7	7.0			0			-21
1943+	27	CHI	QB	1	0	2	32	0	0	16.0			0			135
Career				6	4	4	42	0	7	10.5			0			106

Kicking

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Kicking Table
							Scoring
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	XPA	XPM	XP%	Awards
1947	31	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	0	0	1	1	100.0	AP-1
12 Yrs					128	61	0	0	1	1	100.0
17 Game Avg					17	8	0	0	0	0	100.0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
																PAT		FG
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PRTD	KRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G	Awards
1939	23	CHI	NFL	LH	11	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.5

1941	25	CHI	NFL	QB	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.5	PB,AP-1
1942	26	CHI	NFL	QB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.5	PB,AP-1
1943	27	CHI	NFL	QB	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.6	AP-1
1944	28	CHI	NFL	QB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.9	AP-1

1947	31	CHI	NFL	QB	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0.6	AP-1
12 Yrs					128	61	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	37	0.3
17 Game Avg					17	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.3

Scoring Summary Table
																PAT		FG
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PRTD	KRTD	FRTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G	Awards
1940	24	CHI	NFL	QB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.0

1946	30	CHI	NFL	QB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.0
5 Yrs					6	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	2.0
17 Game Avg					17	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	2.0

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Sid Luckman born?

Sid Luckman was born on November 21, 1916.

Where was Sid Luckman born?

Sid Luckman was born in Brooklyn, NY.

How tall was Sid Luckman?

Sid Luckman was 6-0 (183 cm) tall.

How much did Sid Luckman weigh when playing?

Sid Luckman weighed 197 lbs (89 kg) when playing.

Is Sid Luckman in the Hall of Fame?

Sid Luckman was elected into the Hall of Fame as a Player in 1965.

How many games did Sid Luckman play?

Sid Luckman played 128 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Sid Luckman have?

Sid Luckman had 14,686 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Sid Luckman have?

Sid Luckman had 137 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Sid Luckman won?

Sid Luckman never won a Super Bowl.

When did Sid Luckman retire?

Sid Luckman last played in 1950.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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