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Lions silver helmets (Cardinals in white) from a 1947 Football Illustrated. |
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Layne's 1954 Bowman card |
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1954 Bowman card |
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Bobby Layne 1954 Time cover |
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Jim Ricca's 1955 card |
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Layne's 1955 card |
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Blue helmet from 1955 |
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From 1954 |
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From 1957 |
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1958 Topps card |
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1958 Topps card |
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Circa 1959/1960 |
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Game worn, reconditioned by Hemethut |
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Alex Karras gracing the cover of a 1970 issue of SI. This variation with both the white center stripe and plain Lion logo without the white outline only lasted from 1969-1970 (I think). |
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Billy Sims from 1980 |
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The 1994 Special Throwback |
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Current version from the 1984 Media Guide |
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My kitten Benny. Wishful thinking! |
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