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As a proud Detroit Lions fan from Michigan, the journey has been nothing in need of difficult. In my lifetime, I’ve witnessed solely a handful of years the place the Lions really stood out as a formidable workforce: 1981, 1991, 1995, and the more moderen 2023. Being a part of the Lions fandom has its ups and downs, however these moments of success make the loyalty all of the extra significant.
My dad typically says that, within the 1980’s, there was a columnist who wrote for the Detroit Free Press. And his column was syndicated in all of the native newspapers. And he would write a sports activities column and depart house a the tip for a query. And one column had a query from a 12-year-old boy. He wrote: “When will the Lions lastly win a Tremendous Bowl?” And the columnist’s response was pithy: “How lengthy are you going to reside, child?”
My dad mentioned he was alive for 3 of the Lions 4 championships: 1952, 1953, and 1957. He says he remembers watching all of them. Bobby Lane was the Quarter Again for all of these groups. And plenty of contemplate him the best quarterback in Lion’s historical past. Though, few of us youthful folks notice that Bobby Lane was injured within the 1957 seasons, and he was unable to play within the postseason that yr.
So, the final time the Lions gained a playoff sport on the highway was in 1957. That yr, there have been two divisions. And within the Lion’s division, the Lions and San Francisco 49ers have been tied for first. So, they’d a playoff sport to see who would transfer on to the championship sport. The quarterback of that sport was Tobin Rote.
The Lions have been underdogs then too, identical to they’re for tonight’s sport in opposition to the 49ers. However they went on to win that sport. Then they moved on to the championship sport. And so they performed the Cleveland Browns — who, by the best way, relocated to… Baltimore to develop into the Baltimore Ravens. And so they gained that sport too.
It will be neat if historical past repeats itself.