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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: May 20, 2009
In 1934, however, that was the price of the Portsmouth Spartans who were purchased by Dick Richards and moved from Ohio to Detroit—your very own Detroit Lions were born!
Although 12,000 fans watched their very first game, somewhat of a sellout for the fledgling sport, the real story in Detroit in 1934 was the Tigers. They ended up going to the World Series and losing in game seven to Dizzy Dean's Cardinals.
Bet I'm the only surviving fan of that Lions team left in Michigan. Double or nothing says you didn't even know they had seven straight shutouts that year.
Uh huh. Knew it.
Well, meet my Detroit Lions! A team of firsts.
They started the Thanksgiving Day tradition that we still watch, but rarely enjoy. Although it was a 19-16 loss to Halas' Bears, thanks to Bronko Nagurski's touchdown, they still...
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