Johnny Lujack was born in Connellsville on January 3, 1925. He was born under a good sign as that was just 3 days after Rock and the Four Horsemen had defeated Pop Warner, Ernie Nevers and the Stanford Indians in the Rose Bowl.
Lujack checked every box growing up in Connellsville.
He was Connellsville’s favorite son as the community, sensing the gathering storm first, then reeling from Pearl Harbor, wanted him to accept an appointment from West Point.
He excelled in the classroom and was the Valedictorian of his graduating class at Connellsville.