Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926, in Santa Anna, Texas. At the age of eight, Layne’s life turned upside down when his father passed away at the age of 36.

One of the first great quarterbacks in Lions history was Layne, who came to Detroit after spending a year with the Chicago ...

Then Bobby Layne happened. GO DEEPER. NFL 100: At No. 89, Bobby Layne, a self-proclaimed Lions legend who lived up to the hype. McMillin shared Layne’s birth state of Texas, but that was 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 ...

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 ...

Bobby Layne was born on December 19, 1926, in Santa Anna, Texas. At the age of eight, Layne’s life turned upside down when his father passed away at the age of 36.

Real or imagined, the Curse of Bobby Layne has hung over the Detroit Lions franchise for more than six decades, and now Peyton Manning has enlisted Hollywood’s help to try and break it.. Manning ...

Keenist has been there for 35 of those seasons, which can be traced back to 1959 and the curse of Bobby Layne. Layne was the Lions quarterback who was traded to the then-struggling Steelers.

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.

Left to right: Bobby Layne, Leon Hart and Doak Walker were the Lions' big acquisitions in 1950. Layne joined Detroit in 1950 after a trade with the now-disbanded New York Bulldogs.

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.

Bobby Layne, quarterback for the Detroit Lions, is shown passing at the Lions' camp in Ypsilanti, Mich., July 22, 1954.