Greg Landry, the former Lions quarterback and assistant coach, has died. He was 77. Landry was a first-team All-Pro and Pro Bowler in 1971, and five years later, earned the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year award.
"We join the NFL community in mourning the loss of former Lions quarterback and coach Greg Landry," the team said in its posting.
Greg Landry, pictured here at Lions training camp in 2017, played 11 seasons with Detroit, the best coming 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. The Lions selected Landry with the 11th pick of the 1968 NFL draft out of UMass. He played 11 seasons with the Lions, and had a career record of 40-41-3 with Detroit.
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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