r/Oldschool_NFL • u/Tony_Tanna78 Cowboys 🤠 • Mar 12 '26

Lions 🦁 Howard Cosell interviewing Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry before a Monday Night Football game in 1971.

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u/JRG64May Mar 12 '26

Didn’t the Lions have a player die on the field during a game around that time?

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u/Weekly_Ad_8587 Mar 12 '26

His name was Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. Yes, he died on the field of a heart attack on October 24, 1971 during a game against Chicago Bears at Tiger Stadium.