D E T R O I T Are you ready to take it to the extreme Torque books thrust you into the action-packed world of sports vehicles mystery and adventure These books may include dirt smoke fire and chilling tales WARNING read at your own risk This edition first published in 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher For information regarding permission write to Bellwether Media Inc Attention Permissions Department 5357 Penn Avenue South Minneapolis MN 55419 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Morey Allan Title The Detroit Lions Story by Allan Morey Description Minneapolis MN Bellwether Media Inc 2017 Series Torque NFL Teams Includes bibliographical references and index Identifiers LCCN 2015036452 ISBN 9781626173651 hardcover alk paper Subjects LCSH Detroit Lions Football team History Juvenile literature Classification LCC GV956 D4 M67 2017 DDC 796 332 640977434 dc23 LC record available at http lccn loc gov 2015036452 Text copyright 2017 by Bellwether Media Inc TORQUE and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Bellwether Media Inc SCHOLASTIC CHILDREN’S PRESS and associated logos are trademarks and or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc Printed in the United States of America North Mankato MN
TABLE OF CONTENTS THANKSGIVING DAY WIN ______________________________ 4 THE SILVER STRETCH __________________________________ 8 THEN TO NOW _____________________________________________ 14 LIONS TIMELINE __________________________________________ 18 TEAM SUPERSTARS __________________________________ 20 FANS AND TEAM CULTURE _______________________ 24 MORE ABOUT THE LIONS __________________________ 28 GLOSSARY ___________________________________________________ 30 TO LEARN MORE _________________________________________ 31 INDEX ____________________________________________________________ 32
L I O N THANKSGIVING DAY WIN BIG STATS Matthew Stafford threw for more than 300 yards in the 2013 Thanksgiving Day game It is Thanksgiving Day 2013 The Detroit Lions face the Green Bay Packers The game starts off slow Near halftime the score is tied 10 to 10 4
Reggie Bush Then running back Reggie Bush bursts into the end zone at the last minute Touchdown The Lions take the lead against their rival 5
