Today's Tidbit...100 Years Of Football: 1946-1952

This is the fourteenth in a series looking back at “100 Years of Football,” syndicated cartoons published by Jerry Brondfield and Charles Beck in 1969. Today's version covers the period from 1946-1952.

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Frank Leahy took over at Notre Dame in 1941, winning national titles in 1946, 1947, and 1948. His 1946 team famously tied Army at Yankee Stadium, 0-0, in the only college game with four Heisman winners on the rosters. Johnny Lujack and Leon Hart were the Irish Heisman winners and multi-year All-Americans.

(Brondfield & Beck, '100 Years Of Football,' Courier-News (Bridgewater, NJ), December 15, 1969.)

Leahy and Notre Dame continued their dominance, ultimately finishing in 1953 with 6 undefeated seasons in his 11 years on Notre Dame’s sideline. He also sported a 107-13-9 record in that time. Despite his dominance, a more important and longer-lasting impact on the game took shape 160 miles to the northeast.

(Brondfield & Beck, '100 Years Of Football,' Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, December 16, 1969.)