The Lions franchise originated in Portsmouth, Ohio as the Spartans, which played as an independent before joining the NFL in 1930. In that early Era the quarterback position was not defined as it is today. The leader in passing yards in used until 1947, when the teams first true quarterback , Clyde LeForce, was added to the Roster. The acquired Football card image has his name misspelled as La Force. Bobby Layne lead the to Lions to NFL Championships in 1952, 1953, & 1957. After being injured in 1958 the Lions traded him to Pittsburgh, mid season. Since then the Lions have fell to the Curse of Bobby Layne for 50 years. The NFL instituted the draft in 1936. Six quarterbacks were drafted but never played for the Lions; Otto Graham, Y.A. Tittle, Ed Mioduszewski, Paul Held, Jack Kemp, & Pete Beathard.
1930 Bill Glassgow (Iowa, Nebraska)
1931, 33 Glenn Presnell (Nebraska)
1932, 34-36 Earl Dutch Clark (Colorado College)
1937 Bill Shepherd (Western Maryland)
1938 Vern Huffman (Indiana) (Drafted 3rd Round)
1939 Dwight Sloan (Arkansas)
1940-41 Byron Whizzer White (Colorado)
1942 Harry Hopp (Nebraska) (Drafted 3rd Round)
1943-44 Frankie Sinkwich (Georgia)
(Drafted 1st Round / 1st overall)
*Otto Graham (Northwestern)
(Drafted 1st Round / 4th overall in 1944, but*
[Graham served in the Military, Played Pro Basketball 1945-46, then went to AAFCs Browns in 1946]
1945 Chuck Fenenbock (UCLA)
1946 Dave Ryan (Hardin-Simmons)
Clyde LeForce (Tulsa) 1947-49
(Drafted 17th Round in 1945)
[LeForce served in the Military in 45, Return to Tulsa in 46, then to Lions in 47)
Ryan Zimmer (San Jose St.) 1947
Fred Enke (Arizona) 1948-51
*Y.A. Tittle (LSU)
(Drafted 1st Round in 1948, but went to the AAFCs Colts)*
Frank Tripucka (Notre Dame) 1949
Bobby Layne (Texas) 1950-58
Jim Hardy (USC) 1952
Tom Dublinski (Utah) 1952-1954 (Drafted 8th Round)
*Ed Mioduszewski (William & Mary)
(Drafted 18th Round in 1953) traded to Colts*
*Paul Held (San Jose St. )
(Drafted 19th Round in 1953) cut*
Harry Gilmer (Alabama) 1955-56
Jerry Reichow (Iowa) 1956-59 (*Emergency QB)
Tobin Rote (Rice) 1957-59
Earl Morrall (Michigan St.) 1958-64
*Jack Kemp (Occidental) (Drafted 17th Round in 1957) traded to Steelers*
Warren Rabb (LSU) 1960 (Drafted 2nd Round)
Jim Ninowski (Michigan St.) 1960-61
Milt Plum (Penn St.) 1962-67
Sonny Gibbs (TCU) 1964
*Pete Beathard (USC)
(Drafted 1st Round in 1964, but went to AFL's Cheifs)*
Geroge Izo (Notre Dame) 1965
Tom Myers (Northwestern) 1965-66 (Drafted 4th Round)
Karl Sweetan (Texas A&M, Wake Forest) 1966-67
(Drafted 18th Round)
Greg Landry (U.Mass) 1968-78
(Drafted 1st Round / 11th overall)
Bill Munson (Utah St.) 1968-75
Greg Barton (Tulsa) 1969
(Drafted 9th Round / 229 overall)
Bill Cappleman (Florida St.) 1973
Sam Wyche (Furman) 1974
Jack Concannon (Boston College) 1975
Joe Reed (Baylor, Miss. St.) 1975-79
Gary Danielson (Purdue) 1976-84
Jerry Golsteyn (N. Illinois) 1979
Jeff Komlo (Delaware) 1979-81
(Drafted 9th Round / 231 overall)
Scott Hunter (Alabama) 1979
Eric Hipple (Utah St.) 1980-89
(Drafted 4th Round / 85 overall)
Mike Machurek (Idaho St. ) 1982-85
(Drafted 6th Round / 154 overall)
John Witkowski (Columbia) 1984, 88
(Drafted 6th Round / 160 overall)
Joe Ferguson (Arkansas) 1985-87
Chuck Long (Iowa) 1986-89, 91, 94
(Drafted 1st Round / 12 overall)
Brendon Folmar (California PA) 1987
Todd Hons (Arizona St.) 1987
Rusty Hilger (Oklahoma St.) 1988
Bob Gagliano (Utah St.) 1989-90
Rodney Peete (USC) 1989-93
(Drafted 6th Round / 141 overall)
Andre Ware (Houston) 1990-93
(Drafted 1st Round / 7th overall)
Eric Kramer (N.C. St.) 1991-93
Scott Mitchell (Utah) 1994-98
Dave Krieg (Milton, WI) 1994
Kent Graham (Notre Dame, Ohio St.) 1995
Don Majkowski (Virginia) 1995-96
Johnny Johnson (Illinois)1996
Matt Blundin (Virginia) 1997
Frank Reich (Delaware) 1997-98
Charlie Batch (E. Michigan) 1998-01
(Drafted 2nd Round / 60 overall)
Gus Frerotte (Tulsa) 1999
Jeff Fox (Grand Valley St.) 1999
Cory Sauter (Minnesota) 1999-00
Stoney Case (New Mexico) 2000
Mike Tomczak (Ohio St.) 2000
Scott Dreisbach (Michigan) 2001-02
Ty Detmer (BYU) 2001-03
Mike McMahon (Rutgers) 2001-04
(Drafted 5th Round /149 overall)
Dave Dickenson (Montana) 2002
Joey Harrington (Oregon) 2002-05
(Drafted 1st Round / 3rd overall)
Rick Mirer (Notre Dame) 2004
Jeff Garcia (San Jose St.) 2005
Dan Orlovsky (U.Conn) 2005,2008
(Drafted 5th Round / 145 overall)
Jon Kitna (C.Washington) 2006-08
Josh McCown (Sam Houston St.) 2006
J.T. O'Sullivan (UC-Davis) 2007
Drew Henson (Michigan) 2008
Drew Stanton (Michigan St.) 2008
(Drafted 2nd Round / 43 overall)
Daunte Culpepper (C.Florida) 2008
Matthew Stafford (Georgia) 2009
Michigan Panthers of the USFL
*Bobby Hebert (NW La St.) 1983-84
*Whit Taylor (Vanderbilt) 1983-84
*Mark Miller (Bowling Green) 1983
*Mike Rae (USC) 1984
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2:29lions 0-16 songby supersize97158,297 views
First question: who the hell is Jeff Fox? Second question: What team is he playing for there? Don't recognize the uniform. Oh, and some advice for future Lions quarterbacks: don't pick the numbers 19, 16, 14, 10 and 12. Nobody who's worn those numbers has worked out and you don't wanna be the next on that list, do ya? lol
uofm97 3 months ago
@uofm97 He was an NFL Europe allocation who was Holland born but played in the US for Grand Valley State in Division II. His college coach is presently the Head coach for Notre Dame. The Team uniform is from one of the German Football League teams unsure which one.
AVSEAL2012 3 months ago
Matt blundin is my coach at wahs go warriors!!!
secretv1 3 months ago
@secretv1 Ask him what it was like playing in the Elite Eight of the NCAA basketball tournament and a college bowl game.
AVSEAL2012 3 months ago
Greg Barton is my quarteback coach at Sandy High School!!! GO PIONEERS!!!!
Im not shiting anyone either.
iknowballerpower19 4 months ago
@iknowballerpower19
I hope his son, Taylor Barton, has been able to remain health since leaving U of Washington.
AVSEAL2012 4 months ago