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The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930. [3] After being purchased by George A. Richards in 1934, the franchise was relocated to Detroit and renamed to the Detroit Lions in reference to the city's Major League Baseball franchise, the Detroit Tigers. [4] [5] The team plays its ...
The Pride of the Lions is a team-specific hall of fame, honoring former members of the Detroit Lions, an American football team in the National Football League (NFL). ). Considered to be the organization's highest individual honor, [1] [2] inductees' names, jersey numbers, and years played in Detroit are featured in a permanent display on the former Hudson's warehouse at Ford Field in Detroit,
The annual Thanksgiving Day game in Detroit is televised nationally on either Fox or CBS, depending on who the visiting team is. The Lions' official regular season show of record is Lions GameDay Live with Dan Miller hosting. For regular season games vs. NFC opponents when Fox doesn't have a double header, WJBK produces a live postgame show.
In 1939, he earned a position on the Little All-American Team. The players on this elite team were chosen from Class B colleges throughout the country. He left Detroit Tech in 1941 to play for the Cleveland Rams. [1] In 1942 he entered the United States Army and continued his football career there, making the Armed Forces All-Star team in 1943. [1]
Wayne Howard Joseph Fontes (/ f ɒ n t s /; born February 17, 1940) is a former American football coach and college and professional football player who was the head coach of the National Football League (NFL)'s Detroit Lions from 1988 to 1996. He is the longest tenured head coach in team history.
The history of the Detroit Lions, a professional American football franchise based in Detroit, dates back to 1928 when they played in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans.They joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1930 before they were bought by George A. Richards, a radio executive, and moved to Detroit and changed their name to the Lions in 1934 and won their first NFL Championship the ...
One sign of respect for the team — and his art — is even though the lion is out in the open, no one has tried to damage it. Roseville artist builds 5-foot Detroit Lion with snow to celebrate ...
Lion Nathan acquired a 50% stake in Bond's Natbrew Holdings in 1990, and took total ownership in 1992. [8] Production of Hahn-branded beers was moved from the Camperdown Hahn Brewery to Tooheys, some time between 1993 (Lion's acquisition of Hahn) and 1999 [11] (when Hahn Brewery was renamed Malt Shovel Brewery).