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Some may think that Luckman was kind of equal to being "the tallest midget"—in other words, the best at his position but since the Bears have had such an awful history at QB it didn't really mean a lot.

Oh, but anyone who thinks that would be very wrong, my friends. You have to remember that in those days, teams simply did not pass the ball a lot so Luckman's accomplishments cannot be measured by just statistics.

Yet even his stats were great. Tied for most TD passes in a game (7); three-time league leader in TD passes; averaged 8.4 yards per attempt, second best all-time; 1943 performance of 13.9 percent touchdown rate (best ever in a single-season), and his 10.9 yards per attempt is second all-time; first ever 400-yard passing performance and 28 TDs in a season was a record that lasted for many years.

Yes, his overall numbers, particularly his TD to interception rate, may not be impressive. But in addition to the records I described above, he was the QB in the 73-0 1940 title game and was the 1943 MVP.

Luckman led the NFL in yards per attempt an NFL record seven times, including a record five consecutive years from 1939 to 1943.

A winner? Well, he led the "Monsters of the Midway" to championships in 1940, 1941, 1943, and 1946.

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