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 ...

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.

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During the greatest of times for the Detroit Lions franchise, middle linebacker Joe Schmidt was most often at the core of the team's success. A versatile talent who revolutionized his position ...

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 Detroit Lions legend and Hall of Famer, has died at the age of 92, his family said in statement published by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The former linebacker died in hospice ...

September 12 - Pro Football Hall of Fame middle linebacker Joe Schmidt has died. He was 92. Schmidt's family said the Detroit Lions' legend died Wednesday. No cause of death was revealed.

DETROIT — 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. He was 92. The Lions said family ...