Franchise Members Totals | Defunct a nd Other Leagues

NOTE: In this listing - a Hall of Famer is named under all clubs on which he made his primary contribution to professional football - (i.e. - Chuck Noll is listed under Pittsburgh as a coach - but not under Cleveland as a player). Hall of Famers who made the major part of their primary contribution for any one club are listed in BOLD CAPS. In cases where a player contributed about equally and in a major way to two or more clubs - he is listed in BOLD CAPS under both clubs (ie. Nick Buoniconti is listed with both the Patriots and Dolphins as his primary teams). Hall of Famers who spent only a minor portion of their career with any club are listed under that club in lower case.

(The numbers inside of the parentheses following the team's name indicates the number of primary Hall of Famers followed by the number of Hall of Famers who spent a minor portion of their career with the team).

Detroit Lions (12/4)
(Portsmouth Spartans - 1930-1933)

LEM BARNEY (1992) - 1967-1977
JACK CHRISTIANSEN (1970) - 1951-1958
EARL (DUTCH) CLARK (1963) - 1931-1932, 1934-1938
LOU CREEKMUR (1996) - 1950-1959
BILL DUDLEY (1966) - 1947-1949
Frank Gatski (1985) - 1957
John Henry Johnson (1987) - 1957-1959
DICK (NIGHT TRAIN) LANE (1974) - 1960-1965
YALE LARY (1979) - 1952-1953, 1956-1964
BOBBY LAYNE (1967) - 1950-1958
Ollie Matson (1972) - 1963
Hugh McElhenny (1970) - 1964
BARRY SANDERS (2004) - 1989-1998
JOE SCHMIDT (1973) - 1953-1965
DOAK WALKER (1986) - 1950-1955
ALEX WOJCIECHOWICZ (1968) - 1938-1946

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