Detroit Lions: An Illustrated Timeline

It took three failed attempts before professional football stuck in Detroit, and when it finally did, the city had itself a winner. George A. Richards bought the Portsmouth Spartans in 1934 at the height of the Great Depression, moved the team to Detroit and renamed it the Lions. A year later, the franchise won its first of four championships, and the city was hooked on football. The Lions won three more titles in the 1950s to form one of the NFL's first dynasties and have spent most of the...