Luke Johnsos

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Luke Johnsos
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born December 9, 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
died on December 10, 1984 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
Career information
Active : 1929 - 1936
College : Northwestern University
Teams

player

Assistant trainer / trainer

  • Chicago Bears (1937-1968)
Career statistics
Games     99
as a starter     64
Touchdown     22nd
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Luke Andrew Johnsos (* 9. December 1905 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 10. December 1984 in Evanston , Illinois) was an American American football poker players and - coach . He played as a finish in the National Football League (NFL) with the Chicago Bears .

Player career

College career

Johnsos attended high school in his hometown and studied from 1925 at Northwestern University, where he was active as a football , basketball and baseball player. In 1927 he was elected to the All-Star team as a football player . In the game, the best football players from the western United States played against the best players from the east. In 1928, he was the captain of his college baseball team . That year he also scored the most home runs in the entire Big Ten Conference . For his athletic achievements in all three sports, he was awarded three times by his college in 1928. As a student, he joined the Chicago Bears a year later. In 1930 he successfully completed his studies.

Professional career

Luke Johnsos received a contract from the Chicago Bears in 1929, who were trained by George Halas . The Cincinnati Reds from Major League Baseball (MLB) made him a contract offer, which he had to decline. Johnsos had trouble with his eyesight. Of the Bears a salary of 100 he was US dollars paid per game. In his rookie game year he was voted All-Pro after the season . In 1931, Ralph Jones took over the coaching position with the Bears. The team around the later members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , Bronko Nagurski , George Trafton and Red Grange could win the 1932 NFL championship . In the following year, the Bears managed to defend their title. In the first final in NFL history, the New York Giants could be defeated with 23:21. In 1934 the Giants could then return the favor for their defeat in the final. In the final , they beat the Bears, who won all 13 games in the regular season , by 30:13. Johnsos ended his playing career after the game round in 1936 and became assistant coach to George Halas, who had taken over the coaching position with the Bears again in 1933.

Coaching career

In 1940 Johnsos celebrated his first great success as assistant coach to Halas. The Bears were able to move into the NFL championship game after eight wins from eleven games, where they beat the Washington Redskins 73-0 . The following year, the Bears were able to defend their title with a 37: 9 win over the New York Giants.

Johnsos remained until the 1942 season as assistant coach to Halas, who joined the US Navy in the middle of the game round that year . Together with Hunk Anderson , Johnsos took over the position of head coach. While the Bears lost the NFL final against the Washington Redskins 14: 6 that year, Anderson and Johnsos led their team to the title in 1943. Again you met the Redskins and this time the Bears prevailed. With a 41:21 win for his team, Johnsos won his fifth NFL title.

In 1946 Halas returned to the Bears and Johnsos stayed on as an assistant coach to the Bears. The team around quarterback Sid Luckman moved into the NFL championship game again this year, where they met the New York Giants, who had to admit defeat to the Bears with 24:14. In 1956, Paddy Driscoll took over the coaching position from Halas, Johnsos now continued his career as an assistant to Driscoll. That year, the Bears failed in the NFL final against the Giants with 47: 7. Like Jones, Anderson and Johnsos, Driscoll was replaced by Halas as head coach . Halas managed to gather a staff of assistant coaches such as Joe Stydahar or Sid Luckman over the next few years . Then in 1963 Johnsos won his fifth NFL title. Again the Giants met the Bears and again the team from Chicago went off as the winner. The game ended at 14:10 for the Illinois team. A year after the end of the coaching career of Halas, Luke Johnsos ended his coaching career in 1968.

Honors

Luke Johnsos has been voted All-Pro four times . It's located in the Northwestern University Hall of Fame.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Luke Johnsos' college awards  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.lostlettermen.com  
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1932
  3. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1933
  4. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1934
  5. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1940
  6. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1940
  7. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1941
  8. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1941
  9. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1942
  10. ^ Statistics NFL final 1942
  11. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1943
  12. ^ Statistics NFL final 1943
  13. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1946
  14. ^ Statistics NFL final 1946
  15. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1956
  16. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1956
  17. ↑ Annual statistics of the Chicago Bears 1963
  18. ↑ Statistics NFL final 1963

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personal data
SURNAME Johnsos, Luke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnsos, Luke Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1984
Place of death Evanston , Illinois