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Matthew Stafford Will Exorcise “The Curse of Bobby Layne”
The 2009 NFL Draft will transpire this weekend at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and fans in Detroit are imploring the Lions organization to select former University of Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford with the first pick to finally exorcise the “Curse of Bobby Layne.”
Layne, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968, quarterbacked the pathetic Lions franchise during some of their rare glorious years in the 1950’s.
Layne, a five-time Pro-Bowl selection that Sports Illustrated named “The Toughest Quarterback Who Ever Lived,” helped lead the Lions to three league championships from 1950 to 1958 before their rudderless brass traded their brave signal-caller to the Pittsburgh Steelers.