Pro Player Insiders is working on educating the casual and hardcore football fan alike with a series of informative stories that will run over the course of the next couple of months. We will look to find out the origin of team names, obscure league history, and little known facts about each NFL team. Today, we continue our series of things you might not know with five things about the Detroit Lions.
5 Things You Might Not Know
- The Detroit Lions were originally called the Portsmouth Spartans from 1929-1933.
- The Lions are headquartered in Allen Park, Michigan.
- The Lions have made 15 playoff appearances in team history.
- Former Detroit Lions All Pro running back Barry Sanders was inducted in the NFL Hall of Fame in 2004.
- The Lions have won 4 NFL Championships in team history (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957).
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