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Birth of the Detroit Lions
The play was a touchdown pass from Chicago Bear fullback Bronko Nagurski
to teammate Red Grange that covered only two yards. However, those two yards gave the
Chicago Bears all the points they needed in their 9-0 playoff victory over Presnell and
his Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans on December 18, 1932. The "Paper
Lion" Was One of a Kind George Plimpton passed away this past Thursday, September 25. LIONS IN CANTON |
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Nearly
seventy-one years later, you can still hear the tension in 97-year-old Glenn Presnell's
voice as one of the NFL's oldest living players recalls the controversial 3rd down play
that helped determine the team that would lay claim to the 1932 NFL title. 
Forty years ago,
George Plimpton pulled off what the rest of us have only dreamed about. In the Detroit
Lions' 1963 training camp, Plimpton posed as a 36-year old rookie quarterback from
Harvard, chronicling his experiences into the best selling book Paper Lion. 
