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Detroit Lions Football Team Info Page
The Detroit Lions football team was founded in 1934. The team
uniform colors are Honolulu blue and silver.
Detroit Lions
Team History
1920-1922 - Detroit Heralds (Amer Professional Football League)
1925-1927 - Detroit Panthers
1928-1929 - Detroit Wolverines
1930-1934 - Portsmouth Ohio Spartans (National Football League)
1934-Present - Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
Stadium Address
Pontiac Silverdome
1200 Featherstone Road
Pontiac, MI 48342
(248) - 335-4131
The Silverdone opened
August 23, 1975. The first official game was a 36-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys
on
October 6, 1975. The stadium seats 80,311 Detroit Lions fans.
Retired Detroit Lions Players & Jersey Numbers
7 - Dutch Clark
22 - Bobby Layne
37 - Doak Walker
56 - Joe Schmidt
85 - Chuck Hughes
88 - Charlie Sanders
Detroit
Lions Players in the Hall of Fame
1963 - Dutch Clark
1966 - Bill Dudley
1967 - Bobby Layne
1970 - Jack Christiansen, Hugh McElhenny
1972 - Ollie Matson
1973 - Joe Schmidt
1974 - Dick "Night Train" Lane
1979 - Yale Lary
1986 - Frank Gatski, Doak Walker, Alex Wojciechowicz
1987 - John Henry Johnson
1992 - Lem Barney
1996 - Lou Creekmur
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