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Francis Wallace (Francis John Wallace) was born on 12 February, 1894 in Bellaire, Ohio, is an American screenwriter. Discover Francis Wallace's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Francis John Wallace
Occupation sportswriter, author, screenwriter, commentator (radio & television)
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 12 February 1894
Birthday 12 February
Birthplace Bellaire, Ohio
Date of death 19 August, 1977
Died Place Cocoa Beach, Florida
Nationality United States

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1894

Francis Wallace (February 12, 1894 – August 19, 1977) was an American sportswriter, fiction writer, screenwriter, and commentator for both radio and television broadcasts.

His papers are housed in the Francis Wallace Collection, University of Notre Dame Archives.

Francis Wallace was born in Bellaire, Ohio on February12, 1894, to John Simon Wallace (1848–1917) and Mary Griffin Wallace (1856–1932) who emigrated from Ireland to the United States in the 1870s.

Wallace attended St. John Central Grade School and St. John Central High School, both in Bellaire.

After graduation, Wallace reportedly worked in area railroad shops, glass factories, and steel mills for approximately seven years.

He enlisted as a naval aviator but the armistice bringing World War I to an end was signed before he was deployed.

1902

Wallace married Mary Heath (1902–1992) of Bellaire, Ohio in 1925, and their only child, John Francis Wallace was born in New York City in 1932.

1919

In 1919, his siblings collectively recognized Wallace’s talents, pooled their resources, and helped to send him off to college at the University of Notre Dame.

While at Notre Dame, Wallace studied philosophy.

Perhaps the greatest influence in Wallace’s education, however, came while serving as a press intern for Knute Rockne.

Wallace thus traveled with the team and worked with the legendary coach to package stories for the press.

1923

He graduated from Notre Dame in 1923.

1927

In 1927, he began writing fiction and non-fiction stories for a number of magazines.

1930

While Francis and Mary Wallace would also establish residences in Beverly Hills, California and in the Miami, Florida area over the course of their lives, they returned to Bellaire in the late-1930s and, in many ways, always considered it home.

Mary served as a teacher and principal at St. John’s Central.

Francis had a home office and even dabbled in politics—running as a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives from his home district in Ohio.

He lost but claims to have received the "intelligent vote".

His first of seventeen books, Huddle!, was published in 1930 by Farrar & Rinehart.

Several of those stories and books became the basis for motion picture screen plays.

1931

His first of seven motion pictures, Touchdown, was released by Paramount Pictures in 1931.

1937

Kid Galahad was released by Warner Bros. in 1937, and was remade by the Mirisch Company in 1962.

In 1937, Wallace launched what would become an industry with the release of an annual college football preview.

Between 1937 and 1948, Wallace’s predictions ran in The Saturday Evening Post under the title Pigskin Preview.

1949

From 1949 to 1956, Wallace’s predictions ran in Collier's under the title Annual Football Preview.

After Collier's ceased publication, Wallace’s predictions ran in Playboy and returned to the title of Pigskin Preview.

After learning that Playboy also published pornographic photos as part of its content, Wallace terminated the agreement he had struck with Hugh Hefner.

By that time, the industry Wallace inspired was in full-swing as many other football predictions were on the market.

Wallace’s prominence as a sportswriter led him to serve as a commentator for the CBS TV network and the ABC radio network.

Toward the end of his career, however, he labored in a number of ways on behalf of his beloved alma mater.

For example, he was elected as president of Notre Dame’s alumni association in 1949.

His last three books were all non-fiction works that focused on various aspects of the university’s history and culture.

He served on the Library Council and served as the inaugural chair of the Sports and Games Collection (now known as the Joyce Sports Research Collection).

Mary Wallace also served on the Women’s Advisory Council for the university.

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1977

Wallace died in Cocoa Beach, Florida on August19, 1977.

He and Mary are buried next to one another in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Bellaire, Ohio.

After graduating from Notre Dame, Francis Wallace accepted a position as a night city editor for the Associated Press.

He then served as a sportswriter for the New York Post and the New York Daily News.

During that time, he authored the story detailing Knute Rockne’s "Win One for the Gipper" speech and popularized the Fighting Irish among the press in the Northeast as the mascot for the University of Notre Dame.

He was also one of the earliest voices for the reform of college football.