Arch Ward
Archie Burdette Ward[1] (December 27, 1896 – July 9, 1955) was an American journalist who served as sports editor for the Chicago Tribune.[3] Ward completed college at the University of Notre Dame, where he worked as publicity director under Knute Rockne in 1919 and 1920,[3] before graduating in 1921.[5][a] Ward helped set up the first meeting of the organization that would become the AAFC on June 4, 1944, with word getting out about the league in late August of that year before a formal announcement on September 2, 1944.Described as affable and mild mannered,[8] he was considered a dynamo with powerful contacts in American politics, church matters, and journalism.Ward died in his sleep in 1955 at the age of 58, at his home on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago;[9] his death was attributed to a heart attack.