The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore ... He was informed of the trade by Wilson over the phone while with his family in Lubbock, Texas, and was upset he wasn’t given ...
Betty Janowicz was one of dozens of Detroit Lions devotees who responded to a Detroit Free Press callout for fan stories as ...
Ben Capp of Grosse Pointe Farms has had Lions season-tickets for 67 years but may finally witness something for the first time -- an NFL championship.
Matthew Minor thinks his childhood made the sons of the family good people ... He’d recount stories of the great Lions quarterback Bobby Layne. He died in 2019 at the age of 69.
When the Detroit Lions won the National Football League championship in 1957, hundreds of fans hoarse from cheering streamed ...
He dreamed about playing running back, getting the ball from his hero, quarterback Bobby Layne, finding a hole ... filled by four generations of the family. “We’re always sorting out who ...
Loaded with family secrets, undying passions ... Despite a legacy of legendary players like Bobby Layne, Joe Schmidt, Calvin ...
"I know he had a lot of friends and family here, so I know in that regard ... the longest streak by a Lions QB in the Super Bowl era (only Bobby Layne in 1951 had a longer streak -- five games).