When we visited Joe Schmidt in 2017, he still fondly remembered his 1957 Detroit Lions. He was the captain and revealed what ...

By Richard Goldstein Joe Schmidt, the Detroit Lions Hall of ... Bob D'Olivo/The Enthusiast Network, via Getty Images “Schmidt himself joked about it,” Plimpton noted. “He said he had been ...

Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Joe Schmidt has died. He was 92. Schmidt's family said the Detroit Lions' legend ...

Joe Schmidt, the Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker who led the Detroit Lions to their last championship in 1957, died Wednesday, his family told the Free Press on Thursday. He was 92 years old.

Joe Schmidt, a Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions to two NFL Championships in the 1950s and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said the family informed the ...

Legendary Detroit Lions linebacker Joe Schmidt has died at 92, the team announced in a statement Thursday. Schmidt helped the Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team.

Hall of Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt, who helped the Detroit Lions win 2 NFL championships, has died at age 92 DETROIT -- Hall of Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt, who helped the Detroit Lions win 2 NFL ...

Former Detroit Lions great and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt died Wednesday at the age of 92, the team and Hall of Fame announced Thursday. Schmidt played 13 seasons with the ...

That team's captain, Joe Schmidt ... OK, so it’s not funny. “Don Shula (a Lions assistant in 1960-62) should have been the head coach,” Schmidt said. “He knew what the hell he was doing.

Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died Detroit Lions head coach Joe Schmidt acknowledges ...