Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...teams, the best (for the last three seasons) is the Detroit Lions. And the best of all the Lions, the best quarterback in the world, is Robert Lawrence Layne, a blond, bandy-legged Texan with a prairie squint in his narrow blue eyes and an unathletic paunch puffing out his ample frame (6 ft. 1 in., 195 Ibs.). Layne, a T-formation specialist, led the Lions out of the National Football League's cellar, called the plays and fired the passes that won them the national championship in 1952 and 1953. He is currently doing his bruising best...
Layne himself likes to minimize his importance to the team. "You're nuthin' without them ten big brothers," he drawls. But brother Bobby is more than just another quarterback. "Let me give you an example," says Bob McClellan, sports editor of the Detroit Times. "It's the L.A. Coliseum, fourth quarter. The Rams lead, 24-20. Remember? The Rams kick off and the Lions get the ball on their own 20-yard line. Bobby looks at the clock. There's ten minutes to play. Does Bobby throw the ball around like crazy...
...days in Manhattan. "What a nightmare! I weighed 205 Ibs. when I reported; I weighed 176 when the season was over. We won only one and tied one out of 18 games. At the end of 1949 I was ready to give up football, but I got traded to Detroit...
...Detroit this week dares say out loud that Bobby won't do it again...
...dealers last week went three more newentries in Detroit's 1955 auto race...