| Bobby Layne | |
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| Position(s): Quarterback |
Jersey #(s): 22 |
| Born: December 19, 1926 Santa Anna, Texas |
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| Died: December 1, 1986 (aged 59) Lubbock, Texas |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1948–1962 | |
| NFL Draft: 1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3 | |
| College: Texas | |
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| Career Stats | |
| TD-INT | 196-243 |
| Yards | 26,768 |
| QB Rating | 63. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Santa Anna is a town in Coleman County, Texas, United States. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session The 1948 NFL season was the 29th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd Regular season of the National Football League. The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters The 1948 National Football League Draft was held on December 19 1947 This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The 1948 NFL season was the 29th Regular season of the National Football League. The New York Yanks American football team started in the National Football League in 1949 after Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins The 1949 NFL season was the 30th Regular season of the National Football League. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The 1950 NFL season was the 31st Regular season of the National Football League. The 1958 NFL season was the 39th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1958 NFL season was the 39th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1962 NFL season was the 43rd Regular season of the National Football League. A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football. Passer rating (known as passing efficiency or pass efficiency in NCAA football) is a measure of the performance of Quarterbacks or any other passers 4 |
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Robert Lawrence Layne (December 19, 1926 – December 1, 1986), was born in Santa Anna, Texas, USA. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL This is a list of all NFL players who have had outstanding performances throughout the 1950s and have been compiled onto this fantasy group Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Santa Anna is a town in Coleman County, Texas, United States. He attended Highland Park High School in Dallas and played American football on the same team with Doak Walker. History The school was established in 1922 Before 1922 Highland Park students who were ready for high school rode the trolley down Cole Avenue to Dallas to attend American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Ewell Doak Walker Jr ( January 1 1927 &ndash September 27 1998) was an American football player who is a member of the He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he was a star baseball pitcher as well as football quarterback. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. He married a Texas co-ed, Carol Ann Krueger. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football.
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College career
Easily one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play for Texas, Layne was selected to four straight All-Southwest Conference teams from 1944-1947. This page is about the now defunct Southwest Conference (SWC For the unrelated and currently still active conference abbreviated as the SWAC see Southwestern Athletic Conference He was one of the first inductees into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame. In the 1946 Cotton Bowl, where Texas beat Missouri 40-27, Layne accounted for every point, scoring four touchdowns, kicking four extra points and throwing for two other scores. The Cotton Bowl Classic is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1937 at the self-named stadium in Dallas Texas The University of Missouri (also known as the University of Missouri–Columbia, Mizzou, or MU) is a public land-grant and research In 1946, Bobby Layne finished 8th in Heisman Trophy balloting to Glenn Davis of Army and in 1947 he finished 6th to John Lujack of Notre Dame, and was voted the Outstanding Back in the 1948 Sugar Bowl victory over #6 Alabama. Glenn Woodward Davis ( December 26, 1924 - March 9, 2005) was an American football player famous in the 1940s "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, John Christopher Lujack Jr (pronounced Lu' jack is a former American football Quarterback and 1947 Heisman Trophy winner The University of Notre Dame du Lac (or simply Notre Dame) (ˌnoʊtɚˈdeɪm is a private Roman Catholic Research university located in The Sugar Bowl is an annual American College football Bowl game played in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana. Layne finished his Texas career with a school record 3,145 passing yards on 210 completions and 400 attempts. Layne also had success in baseball as a pitcher for Texas as well. In his career as a pitcher he threw two no hitters.
NFL career
Drafted into the National Football League by the Chicago Bears, Layne was the 3rd overall selection in the 1948 NFL Draft and was the 2nd overall selection in the 1948 AAFC Draft by the Baltimore Colts. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. The 1948 National Football League Draft was held on December 19 1947 Events By Place Roman Empire Pescennius Niger, competitor of Septimius Severus for the Roman Empire is defeated in three successive Layne was offered $77,000 to play for the Colts, but George Halas "sweet talked" him into signing with the Bears. George Stanley Halas Sr ( February 2 1895 &ndash October 31 1983) nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr He promised a slow rise to fame in the "big leagues" with a no-trade understanding. After one season Halas traded him to the inept Bulldogs to cover his salary. Layne compared one season with the soon-defunct Bulldogs as worth five seasons in the NFL. In 1950 Layne was traded to the Detroit Lions from the New York Bulldogs for defensive end Bob Mann. The Detroit Lions are an American football team based in Detroit Michigan. The New York Yanks American football team started in the National Football League in 1949 after Boston Yanks owner Ted Collins In 2002 former Green Bay Packers general manager Ron Wolf reflected on this trade as one of the best in NFL history. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin. Ron Wolf is the former American football General manager (GM of the NFL 's Green Bay Packers, and played a significant role in personnel operations Wolf continued, saying that "Layne was a Hall of Fame player who turned the Lions’ franchise around. ". From 1950-1955, Layne was re-united with his great friend and high school teammate Doak Walker, while helping lead the Lions to three League championships and being voted All-Pro twice. Ewell Doak Walker Jr ( January 1 1927 &ndash September 27 1998) was an American football player who is a member of the All-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season During his career, he played for the Chicago Bears (1948), New York Bulldogs (1949), Detroit Lions (1950-1958) and the Pittsburgh Steelers 1958-1962. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. After retiring from 15 seasons in the NFL, Layne held the career records for both passes attempted and completed, as well as yards gained passing and passing touchdowns.
After football
Immediately following his retirement, Layne served as the Quarterbacks Coach for the Steelers until the 1965 season.
After retirement, Layne stated the biggest disappointment in his football career was having never won a championship for the Pittsburgh Steelers and especially, Art Rooney. Arthur Joseph Rooney Sr ( January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise in
Bobby Layne was known more for his leadership and determination than for pure athletic ability. According to Doak Walker, "Layne never lost a game. . . time just ran out on him. " Layne was voted into the Texas Longhorn Hall of Honor in 1963 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967. The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL In a special issue in 1995, Sports Illustrated called him "The Toughest Quarterback Who Ever Lived. Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. " In 1999, he was ranked number 52 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. Sporting News (previously The Sporting News, and known colloquially as TSN) is an American -based Sports He may not have been the greatest quarterback in stats, but he was the greatest quarterback in leadership and bravery.
Layne was also famous for his late-night bar-hopping, and his heavy drinking may have led to his death shortly before his 60th birthday. A pub crawl (sometimes called a bar tour, bar crawl or bar-hopping) is the act of one or more people drinking in multiple Layne is reported to have stated: "If I'd known I was gonna live this long, I'd have taken a lot better care of myself. " That line was later used by baseball legend Mickey Mantle, a Dallas neighbor and friend of Layne's, who also died in part due to alcohol abuse. Mickey Charles Mantle ( October 20, 1931 &ndash August 13, 1995) was an American Baseball player who was inducted Layne also suffered from cancer during his last years, but it was not the major factor in his death. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled
The Curse of Bobby Layne
In 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Layne responded to the trade by saying that the Lions would "not win for 50 years. " It has now been 50 years since the trade, and indeed the Lions have not won a championship in that time. In fact, they've only made the playoffs nine times in the last 50 seasons, and only have one post-season win (38-6 over the Cowboys in 1991). In addition, they've been plagued by poor draft choices and questionable management.
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Bobby Layne
- Detroit Lions: Bobby Layne
- Texas Longhorn Hall of Honor
- Bobby Layne football card gallery
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