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.

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 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.

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.

The family routinely attended Lions' Thanksgiving games before Joe and Marilynn moved to Florida, and Kerry Schmidt said she hopes her father and Layne can work their magic again in heaven to help ...

The Detroit Lions' Quarterback Bobby Layne hardly measures up to Cleveland's Otto Graham as a passer. During the past National Football League season, Layne completed only 46% of his passes, ...

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

Hall-of-Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt passed away this week at the age of 92. The Lions will honor him with a moment of silence before Sunday's game.