Greg Landry, the former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, has died
FILE - Former Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry during NFL football training camp in Allen Park, Mich., Monday, July 31, 2017. . He was 77.“We join the NFL community in mourning the loss of former Lions quarterback and coach Greg Landry,” the team said in its posting.
The Lions selected Landry with the 11th pick of the 1968 NFL draft out of Massachusetts. He played 11 seasons with the Lions, and had a career record of 40-41-3 with Detroit. His finest season in Detroit came in 1971, when the threw for 2,237 yards and 16 touchdowns and was a first-team All-Pro and made his only Pro Bowl.
Landry was traded to Baltimore and played three seasons with the Colts, going 3-10-1. He then moved to the USFL and played one season each with the Chicago Blitz and the Arizona Wranglers . He was an emergency starter for the Bears — against Detroit — in 1984.
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