The Curse of Bobby Layne 1. Bobby Layne’s early life was anything but easy. Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926, in Santa Anna, Texas. At the age of eight, Layne’s life turned upside ...

This brings us to the Curse of Bobby Layne. Back in 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and an angry Layne allegedly declared the Lions wouldn't win a title for 50 years.

The Curse of Bobby Layne 1. Bobby Layne’s early life was anything but easy. Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926, in Santa Anna, Texas. At the age of eight, Layne’s life turned upside ...

The curse of Bobby Layne doesn’t exist. Even if it did, Peyton Manning and Jeff Daniels already exorcised it with that sacrificial bathtub of booze on a “Peyton’s Place” episode.

The Bobby Layne Curse is alive and well Horns247's Chip Brown, a lifelong Detroit Lions' fan who has covered the Texas Longhorns since 1992, explains why the curse put on the Lions by the ...

Layne was a noted drinker during his time with the the Lions, so alcohol was totally appropriate. "Bobby Layne would’ve preferred that (to water),” Manning said. The curse dates back to the 1950s.

It's a song about the dreaded curse that hung over the Lions for decades, until he and Peyton Manning broke it. That's the short version of the story. It's more entertaining when Daniels tells it.

The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore of the Detroit Lions for more than 60 years as a way to explain their unmatched ability to fail.. Layne, who helped lead the Lions to ...

Detroit Lions former quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Layne is honored at the coin toss prior to Super Bowl XVI at the Silverdome, Jan. 24, 1982 in Pontiac, Michigan.