Joe Schmidt

Joseph Paul Schmidt

Position: LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 220 lbs.

Born: January 19, 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA
College: Pittsburgh   (school history)
Drafted by the Detroit Lions in the 7th round (85th overall) of the 1953 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 117 (54th overall since 1950)
10-time Pro Bowler & 8-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1973, finalist in 1971, 1972

Coaching Record

• 6/10 SideLion Report: The Detroit Lions Bizarro World Mt. Rushmore is More Fun: Pro Football Talk has been asking fans to vote for each teams Mt. Rushmore, and the Detroit Lions were posted on Friday. My first...

• 5/29 FootballPerspective.com: Great Linebackers Playing Together II: Four years ago, I wrote version 1 of this article. With Brian Urlacher and Ray Lewis retiring, I thought it would be fun to revisit...

• 4/9 SideLion Report: Jason Hanson to Enter Detroit Lions’ Ring of Honor: The Detroit Lions officially honored the long career of Jason Hanson with a farewell press conference today. One of the honors...

• 2/6 FootballPerspective.com: NFL Retired Numbers, Player Deaths, and the Stories Behind Them: The table below lists every retired number for each of the 32 franchises. It also lists each player’s career AV (starting...

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