" ‘I'm a little stiff,’ he said. ‘Give me a hand. I can't get up.’

"I got him up and we walked slowly back to the station. The people with him said he had had a great day and they praised him for his skill and determination.

" ‘I didn't have a great day,’ Sid said, hobbling along.

" ‘The hell you didn't,’ a guy said.

" ‘How can you have a great day,’ Luckman said, ‘when your team loses?’ "

It was in this spirit that Luckman played football. And in 1937, although Columbia won only two out of nine games, he made All-East, together with Marshall Goldberg, who played with an all-conquering Pittsburgh team. It was Sid's fiery spirit that won him this honor.

In his final college year, 1938, Sid Luckman came into his own as a collegiate star.

In the opener, Columbia licked Yale 27-14. Sid Luckman gave one of his most remarkable performances in leading his team to this notable victory. Allison Danzig, veteran Times reporter, wrote a rave story, which said, in part:

"No back in recent memory, neither Frank, Albie Booth nor any other, has given a finer exhibition of all-round ability in the huge saucer (Yale Bowl) than the rugged New York youth put on to win a tumultuous tribute from the 35,000 spectators when he left the field in the closing minutes of play."

Sid passed successfully ten out of seventeen tries, for a total of 146 yards. Two of his passes were for more than fifty yards apiece. Danzig continued to rant about the Jewish boy when he declared:

"Luckman excelled in other departments as well. He