He served as a mentor to several aspiring artists, including Norman Rockwell. Leyendecker died in 1951 at the age of 77. One of his most famous paintings, Football Hero, the cover for the Saturday ...

including five Rockwell paintings like Homecoming (1961) and To Keep Myself Physically Strong (1964) and Leyendecker's Weapons for Liberty (1917). According to the Heritage Auctions website ...