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 ...

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.

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.

strategy with the rise of the passing game. By Richard Goldstein Joe Schmidt, the Detroit Lions Hall of Famer who played a pioneering role in the emergence of pro football’s glamorous middle ...

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 ...

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.

Joe Schmidt, a Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, died Sept. 11 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 92.

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 ...