For the San Diego Chargers linebacker, see Bobby Lane.
American football player
Bobby Layne
With the Steelers in 1961
No. 22
Position:
Quarterback
Personal information
Born:
(1926-12-19)December 19, 1926 Santa Anna, Texas, U.S.
Died:
December 1, 1986(1986-12-01) (aged 59) Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:
201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:
Highland Park (University Park, Texas)
College:
Texas (1944–1947)
NFL draft:
1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Chicago Bears (1948)
New York Bulldogs (1949)
Detroit Lions (1950–1958)
Pittsburgh Steelers (1958–1962)
Career highlights and awards
3× NFL champion (1952, 1953, 1957)
2× First-team All-Pro (1952, 1956)
4× Second-team All-Pro (1953, 1954, 1958, 1959)
6× Pro Bowl (1951–1953, 1956, 1958, 1959)
2× NFL passing yards leader (1950, 1951)
NFL passing touchdowns leader (1951)
NFL completion percentage leader (1955)
NFL scoring leader (1956)
NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Pride of the Lions
Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team
Detroit Lions All-Time Team
Detroit Lions No. 22 retired
Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor
Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame
Consensus All-American (1947)
Second-team All-American (1946)
Texas Longhorns No. 22 retired
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:
3,700
Passing completions:
1,814
Completion percentage:
49%
TD–INT:
196–243
Passing yards:
26,768
Passer rating:
63.4
Rushing yards:
2,451
Rushing touchdowns:
25
Player stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Robert Lawrence Layne (December 19, 1926 – December 1, 1986) was an American professional football quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962.[1]
Layne was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. His number 22 is retired by the Texas Longhorns and the Lions.
^Modoono, Bill (December 2, 1986). "Bobby Layne: Time finally runs out on fun-loving Texan". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
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championship game. He and future college and NFL star BobbyLayne were teammates at Highland Park; Layne played college football at the University of Texas...
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music artist Lainey Wilson. Wilson later revealed in an interview with The Bobby Bones Show that she and Hodges had been dating for over two years prior...
while ties occurring in 1972 or later count as half-win, half-loss. ^b BobbyLayne is listed as having started all 12 games for the Bulldogs (NFL) in 1949...
average of 29.5 points scored per game. The offense was led by quarterback BobbyLayne who ranked second in the NFL with 2,410 yards of total offense – 1,999...
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earlier on December 8, also at Briggs Stadium, but lost quarterback BobbyLayne with a broken right ankle late in the first half. Reserve quarterback...
PGA athletes included Arnold Palmer, Dow Finsterwald, and Doug Ford. BobbyLayne from the NFL also appeared. Haggar began supplying the Pro Football Hall...
yards per pass attempts, career (minimum 1,500 attempts) 7.2 (tied with BobbyLayne) Most wins as a starting quarterback, career: 74 Most losses as a starting...
year later to the Detroit Lions in order to obtain future Hall of Famer BobbyLayne. He started the first two games of the 1958 season (both losses) before...
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fifth in the NFL in scoring offense. The offense was led by quarterback BobbyLayne who compiled 2,431 yards of total offense (2,088 passing, 343 rushing)...
of his career backing up stars including Griese, Johnny Unitas, and BobbyLayne, was named MVP in 1968 under Shula when the pair led the Baltimore Colts...
1952 through 1961. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions and played with BobbyLayne. His best playing years were as a kicker with the New York Giants. In...
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