EDITOR: With this being the 75th anniversary of the invasion on Normandy, we wanted to share an article about one of the men that stormed the beach that day, Bears’ Hall of Famer, Sid Luckman.
This article originally published in November of 2018.
The trucks weren’t going to drive themselves. Sid Luckman knew that.
This was 1943, and Luckman had already set aside his family’s trucking business for four successful NFL seasons. The former Columbia University standout was a three-time Pro Bowler, a two-time All Pro, a two-time champion and the quarter back for the greatest victory professional football had ever seen, a 73-0 deconstruction of Washington in the 1940 NFL championship game.