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Former Notre Dame quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack died Tuesday. He was 98. Lujack is one of the most legendary players in Notre Dame history and his college career was sandwiched around World War II. He won the 1947 Heisman Trophy as a senior ahead of Michigan running back Bob Chappuis and Notre Dame finished atop the AP Top 25 in each of his three seasons as the team's starting QB.
“He was not only a legend in Notre Dame football and the sports world,” Lujack's granddaughter Amy Schiller told the Associated Press, "he was a legend as a father and grandfather and great grandfather.”
Lujack came to Notre Dame in 1942 and first saw the field for the Irish in 1943 when he rushed for 191 yards and threw for 525 yards in 10 games. He was a naval officer in 1944 and 1945 during the war and was assigned to patrols in the English Channel.
He returned for his final two seasons of eligibility in 1946 and 1947. Lujack finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1946 when he threw for 778 yards and rushed for 108. He then won the award the following season with 777 passing yards and 139 rushing yards.
Notre Dame lost just one game in Lujack’s three seasons at quarterback and didn’t lose at all in his final two seasons. The Irish went 9-1 in 1943 with a 19-14 loss to Great Lakes Navy to end the season. The Irish were 8-0-1 in 1946 and won five straight games to start the season before a scoreless tie with Army. The Irish allowed just 24 points all season long and no opponent scored more than six in a single game.
Notre Dame won every game in 1947 and had just one victory by single digits. That came in a 26-19 win over Northwestern on Nov. 15. Every other win was by at least 15 as Northwestern was the only team to score more than seven.
Lujack was the No. 4 pick in the 1946 NFL Draft and spent four seasons with the Chicago Bears. His best season came in 1949 when he completed 52% of his passes and threw for 2,658 yards and 23 TDs to go along with 22 interceptions. Just three quarterbacks threw for more than 2,000 yards that season and Lujack threw for 490 more yards than Bob Waterfield.
A Pennsylvania native, Lujack was a multi-sport star in high school and chose Notre Dame after falling in love with the school as a child while listening to the team’s football games on the radio.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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