Joe Schmidt, the 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. Schmidt spent ...

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 Lions, ...

A Hall of Famer who played for powerful Detroit Lions teams and later coached them, he embodied a tidal shift in N.F. L. strategy with the rise of the passing game. By Richard Goldstein Joe Schmidt, ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in September 2017, when the Detroit Free Press covered the 60th anniversary of the Detroit Lions' last championship team: The 1957 Lions. That team's ...

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 care on ...

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.