The late, great Bobby Layne, for whatever reason, took a shining to Karras when the latter arrived as a rookie in 1958. Just a bumpkin from Iowa, Karras once described himself.

Bobby Layne died in 1986 at the age of 59. Alan Layne said as a teen, he approached his mother and Bobby’s wife, Carol, to find out if Bobby Layne’s tirade the day of the trade was true.

There are 22 former Detroit Lions in the Pro Football Hall of Famers. But who are the four greatest among them? We took a ...

Bobby Layne didn`t die Monday. They will bury a Bobby Layne in his Lubbock, Tex., stomping grounds, a Bobby Layne who was a retired football player and part-time oil well driller, a 59-year-old who… ...

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.

Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, Librarian at Texas Tech. This weeks article is about Bobby Layne, arguably the best football player of the late 40s and early 50s. As we shall see in ...

ME: "So Lions' fans, joining me today is hall of famer Bobby Layne. Tell us, what have you been up to since your death in 1986?" BOBBY: "That about sums 'er up." ME: "I see. Well, you look pretty ...

Bobby Layne. Quarterback (1958-62) Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame: 1967 . Layne was originally drafted by the Steelers, but traded to the Chicago Bears where he began his career in 1948. He went ...

Former football great Bobby Layne underwent five hours of surgery to stop hemorrhaging in his lower esophagus Saturday in Lubbock, Tex., three days after leaving a Pontiac, Mich., hospital with a s… ...

“Bobby Layne Stamps Self as Lion Luminary in 1950.” As if you didn’t already know. When the lights were bright, so was Layne — even if he could be a roller coaster.