1957 NFL Championship Game Film

by VolBrian on Jul 20, 2009 8:27 PM EDT Comment 12 comments

Previously I brought you game footage of the 1952 and the 1953 NFL Championship games featuring the Lions defeating the Browns in close games for their second and third World Championships. Now, straight from my grandfather's archives, I present for your enjoyment the Detroit Lions demolishing the Browns one final time in the decade 59-14. Enjoy this footage and here's to a good 2009 for the Lions!!

Game begins after the jump!

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Absolutely awesome

And a little history behind the dreaded term of “Since 1957”

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by Sean Yuille on Jul 20, 2009 9:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

i know...

I love to revisit the glory of the past. But how long will it be until we can revisit the glory of " Our Past". So far all I will be able to tell my grand children. Is the Barry era. And the " Glory years of Scott Mitchell?"

by JCruize on Jul 20, 2009 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

it won't be long now

by myPride on Jul 20, 2009 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Great stuff

by The_Fan on Jul 20, 2009 9:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

man, that sure hits the spot!

Lo, there walked our forefathers of old…
and Yea Verily will those days come again, ere long.
GET READY TO ROAR (ONCE MORE) TILL YOUR THROATS ARE SORE!!!!!!!!!!

by myPride on Jul 20, 2009 10:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

ahmen brother....

I will raise my glass to that.

by JCruize on Jul 20, 2009 11:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think I'd take a chance on a rookie

named “Steve Junker” :D

We didn't lose the games, we just ran out of time -- Bobby Layne

by detpistons3 on Jul 20, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great stuff

thanks again for posting these, VolBrian!

by n4ry4 on Jul 21, 2009 7:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I was just two weeks old when this game was played.

Sorry I missed it!

Thanks Brian, this is brilliant!

by NorthLeft12 on Jul 21, 2009 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

at least you were alive for it…me, and most of the rest of us, all we’ve got is a single playoff victory as reward for all these years of fandom. The youngest amongst us don’t even have that, there are legal adults in this country who were born after the last Lions playoff victory.

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by ahtrap on Jul 23, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Candy for the Mind

What a tasty Saturday morning treat. I thank my brother Tom for sending it. Though I wasn’t born until ‘63, I was born a Lion fan. The thing I noticed the most about this footage was the teamwork and sportsmanship. Every touchdown was followed by a toss of the football. Not into the ground or into the stands. Not against the retaining wall, or up in the air. But into the hands of the ref. Games that were played, not about “me” but for the success of the team as a whole. I’m just going to sit back and savor this for a while.

by fjpiper on Jul 25, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs