Joe Schmidt, centerpiece of Detroit Lions defense, dies at 92 Mr. Schmidt helped define the position of middle linebacker in his Hall of Fame career with the Lions from 1953 to 1965 and then as coach.

University of Pittsburgh’s first Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee Joe Schmidt has died.Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 ...

Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died at age 92.

Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who led the Detroit Lions to their last championship in 1957, died Wednesday. He was 92 years old.

Joe Schmidt, a two-time NFL champion linebacker, has died. He was 92. The Detroit Lions star — who played and coached for the team from 1953 to 1972 before his Hall of Fame induction in 1973 ...

A versatile talent who revolutionized his position, Lions legend and Hall of Fame LB Joe Schmidt died at the age of 92 on Wednesday.

(CBS DETROIT) — Joe Schmidt, the Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker and Detroit Lions legend, has died at age 92. Schmidt's family said he died on Wednesday, the Lions organization announced ...

Detroit Lions legend and Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Joe Schmidt has died at the age of 92 ...

DETROIT — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said family ...

Joe Schmidt, one of the most iconic players in Detroit Lions history, died at the age of 92. "We are saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Schmidt. Joe was a Lion through and through, having ...

Joe Schmidt, a former Detroit Lions linebacker, member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and head coach who won two NFL Championships as a player, died Wednesday night.

Detroit Lions legend Joe Schmidt died on Wednesday at 92 years old. Schmidt, a middle linebacker for Detroit after a college career at the University of Pittsburgh, played all 13 years (1953-65 ...