60 years ago today

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William Clay Ford Sr purchases a controlling interest in the Detroit Lions for $6m, which flies under the radar because the news goes crazy over some guy being shot in Dallas.

Some numbers for the team from 60 years under Ford ownership:

18 winning seasons
17 (non-interim) head coaches
13 top 5 draft picks
7 (non-interim) GMs
3 division titles
2 HoFers walking away at their peak
1 playoff win
1 0-16 season

Let’s all celebrate that horrible 60 years being over and look forward to the next 60 years of BNL dominance!

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(https://www.si.com/nfl/lions/news/on-this-date-william-clay-ford-buys-detroit-lions)

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Topn5s?
Aiden Hutchinson
Jeff Okudah
Ndamakon Suh
Calvin Johnson
Charles Rogers
Joey Harrington
Bryant Westbrook
Andre Ware
Barry Sanders
Billy Sims

Other 3? Lem Barney?Joe Schmidt?

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Without WCF we don’t get the engineer of the BNL Sheila

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We should take a moment to remember the worst crime ever committed in Dallas- The ref picking up that flag after Pettigrew was mugged.

What, you thought I was going to say the assassination? JFK been dead. Get over it.

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To me, the more significant event from 60 years ago today:

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To think our hopes were hinged on the fate of just the right one of old Willy’s sperm breaking the goal line. It’s like The One Ring being found by a Hobbit. For once, on a the smallest of levels, a teensy weensy piece of WCF gave a shit. And gave us Shiela.

He could’ve pumped out another Junior clone to finish off the first century.

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My guess is you weren’t alive yet when the JFK assassination took place. Get over WCF & a PI in Dallas.

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Would it matter? I love a good 9/11 joke, and I watched the towers fall on live TV.

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It is always better to not dignify an ignorant remark than to respond to it. Should have listened to my own advise.

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