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 ...

The Detroit Lions continue to prove this is a once-in-a-generation ... since the 1956 season when the Lions were perennial ...

Perhaps the only lingering knock against Goff, perceived or otherwise, was that he struggled outdoors or in the elements. Now ...

Bobby Layne was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a ... He went on to the New York Bulldogs in 1949, and the Detroit Lions from 1950-58. Layne was a two-time All-NFL selection and was the ...

While at the Coast Guard, he faced his most dangerous opponent. "Graham licked a lineup that made the Bobby Layne Detroit Lions look like a set of wimps," the LA Times' Murray wrote. "He picked ...

Unlike previous Detroit pro football teams, the new Lions team was loaded with some of the finest ... included such future Pro Football Hall of Famers as quarterback Bobby Layne, running back Doak ...