Johnny Lujack, the celebrated Notre Dame quarterback who won the 1947 Heisman Trophy, played on three national championship teams and then starred in the N.F.L. His death was announced by Notre Dame. When the 1947 college football season began, Lujack was on the cover of Life magazine, kneeling in his green jersey, gold helmet and pants. He was the most publicized Notre Dame player since the 1920s, when Knute Rockne, the Gipper and the Four Horsemen transformed a small Roman Catholic university in the obscure city of South Bend, Ind., into a trademark of popular culture. He was a two-time all-American and played in only one losing football game at Notre Dame.

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Persons: Johnny Lujack, Lujack, Knute Rockne Organizations: Notre Dame, Chicago Bears, Roman Catholic university, College Football Hall of Fame, Heisman Locations: Florida, South Bend, Ind