Bobby Layne
American football player (1926-1986) · United States · On the map · Athletes · Died at 59
Robert Lawrence Layne was an American professional football player who was a quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL).
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He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962.