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

The Curse of Bobby Layne has been engrained in the folklore of the Detroit Lions for more than 60 years as a way to explain their unmatched ability to fail.. Layne, who helped lead the Lions to ...

Michigan native and actor Jeff Daniels is credited with ending the Detroit Lions' "Curse of Bobby Layne" thanks to a spell he and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning performed in the end zone of ...

On a football field or on a barstool, Bobby Layne was magic. A scotch-loving, gunslinging superstar quarterback for the Detroit Lions in the 1950s, Layne used to tell people his hangovers were ...

Jeff Daniels is so excited about the Detroit Lions that he's singing about it. The actor, ... "The Curse of Bobby Layne" is streaming and is for sale for $0.99 on Daniels' website.

Whether true or not, Lions fans love to credit actor Jeff Daniels with helping to break the so-called “Curse of Bobby Layne.” On Tuesday night, the celebrity Detroit sports fan put some more ...

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.

Detroit Lions former quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Bobby Layne is honored at the coin toss prior to Super Bowl XVI at the Silverdome, Jan. 24, 1982 in Pontiac, Michigan. The San Francisco ...

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.

The Detroit Lions have only won a single playoff game since former quarterback Bobby Layne was traded and allegedly cursed the team in 1958.