The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit that plays in the National Football League as a member of the National Football Conference North division. The franchise was founded in 1928 in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans, joined the league in 1930 and moved to Detroit in 1934, taking the name Lions in reference to the city baseball team, the Tigers. Its home games are played at Ford Field in downtown Detroit. The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957, and after the 1957 title the club went decades without a playoff win. It is the only franchise operating throughout the Super Bowl era that has never appeared in a Super Bowl. Its colors are Honolulu blue and silver.
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The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.
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The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.
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The franchise was founded in Portsmouth, Ohio, as the Portsmouth Spartans in 1928 and joined the NFL on July 12, 1930.
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The Lions won four NFL Championship Games between 1935 and 1957.
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The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.
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The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit.
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The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
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He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions as a safety and return specialist from 1951 to 1958
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Louis Creekmur (January 22, 1927, July 5, 2009) was an American professional football offensive tackle who played for 10 years from 1950 to 1959 with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL)
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He also played for the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, and San Francisco 49ers
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for the Detroit Lions
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for the Detroit Lions
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He was signed by the Detroit Lions four days later
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Barry David Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is an American former professional football running back who played for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons.
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