Francis Wallace (February 12, 1894 – August 19, 1977) was an American sportswriter, fiction writer, screenwriter, and commentator for both radio and television broadcasts.
After graduation, Wallace reportedly worked in area railroad shops, glass factories, and steel mills for approximately seven years.
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.
[2] 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.
[5] After graduating from Notre Dame, Francis Wallace accepted a position as a night city editor for the Associated Press.
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.
[2] 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.