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

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Since then I would list the best quarterbacks in franchise history – in chronological order – as Jim Finks, Bobby Layne, Terry Bradshaw, and Ben Roethlisberger. In different seasons over the course of ...

Bobby Layne was born in Santa Anna, Texas, but moved to Fort Worth when he was young to live with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and Wade Hampton.

Bobby Layne, Highland Park: Layne did more than set a new standard for NFL quarterbacks in the late 1940s and 1950s. The Hall of Famer played the game and lived his life in a way that enthralled ...

Bobby Layne, the tough Texan who led the Lions to championships as the team’s quarterback in the 1950s, famously declared the Lions would not win another title for 50 years after they traded ...

If you're a Detroit Lions fan, you know about this one. So this one's for everyone else out there: the Detroit Lions have been an NFL franchise since 1930, when they were the Portsmouth Spartans. They ...

If you're a Detroit Lions fan, you know about this one. So this one's for everyone else out there: the Detroit Lions have been an NFL franchise since 1930, when they were the Portsmouth Spartans.

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 turned around. Say goodbye, to all that sorrow. Say goodbye, to all that pain. Say goodbye, to the Same Old Lions. And the curse of Bobby Layne.