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In the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman family in 1935. As 18-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his high school football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, his father, Meyer Luckman, was making headlines in the same papers for a very different reason: the gangland murder of his own brother-in-law. Amazingly, when Sid became a star at Columbia and a Hall of Fame NFL quarterback in Chicago, all of it while Meyer Luckman served 20-years-to-life in Sing Sing Prison, the connection between sports celebrity son and mobster father was studiously ignored by the press and ultimately overlooked for eight decades.Tough Luck traces two simultaneous historical developments through a single immigrant family in Depression-era New York: the rise of the National Football League led by the dynastic Chicago Bears, whose famed owner George Halas convinced Sid Luckman to help him turn the sluggish game of pro football into America’s favorite pastime; and the demise—triggered by Meyer Luckman’s crime and initial coverup—of the Brooklyn labor rackets and Louis Lepke’s infamous organization Murder, Inc. Filled with colorful characters—from ambitious district attorney-turned-governor Thomas Dewey and legendary columnist Walter Winchell, to Sid Luckman’s rival quarterback “Slingin’” Sammy Baugh and pro football’s unsung intellectual genius Clark Shaughnessy; from the lethal Lepke and hit men like “Tick Tock” Tannenbaum, to Sid’s powerful post-career friends Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio—Tough Luck memorably evokes an era of vicious Brooklyn mobsters and undefeated Monsters of the Midway, a time when the media kept their mouths shut and the soft-spoken son of a murderer could become a beloved legend with a hidden past.

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I no longer follow football but I have heard of Sid Luckman even though his salad days as a player took place in the 1940s and I was born in 1943. Author Rosen connects the Luckman family with the mob during the heyday of Louis Lepke Buchalter and Sid's father Meyer Luckman. I enjoy stories of the mob and this book often alternates chapters between Sid Luckman the player and the New York mob as it applies to Sid's father. This format probably will not appeal to all readers.Luckman, a graduate of Erasmus High in Brooklyn, is one of several famous individuals who are alumni of the school in American music and movie history. While playing for Columbia University he came to be observed by George Halas, owner and coach of the Chicago Bears. Standout players often did not go on to play in professional football during this time and Luckman was planning on joining the family trucking business upon graduation.Most everyone has someone who is very influential in their life leading to success is George Halas played a huge role in Luckman's. Halas considered two individuals who he felt special affection for. One was Sid Luckman and the other was Gale Sayers. The book also describes rule changes that took place over the years in professional football.I wasn't especially taken with the the explanation of the T-formation or other football nuances but I did enjoy the part on the mob and also the end part of the book that explained the generosity of Sid Luckman towards others. He would buy multiple numbers of the same items to give out as gifts to people who came to visit him. He was very generous with his time as well.Although I no longer follow football I did recognize names from the early 1950s such as Johnny Lujack and George Blanda. I have a few football books in my library and I'm happy to add this one on Sid Luckman to my collection.

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