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The 1957 Detroit Lions season was the franchise's 28th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 24th as the Detroit Lions. Under first-year head coach George Wilson , the Lions won their fourth and most recent NFL title .
The Lions’ 1953 team was the last NFL champion without a Black player. By then, Detroit’s Black population had doubled from 149,000 in 1940 to 300,000 in 1950.
The English word lion is derived via Anglo-Norman liun from Latin leōnem (nominative: leō), which in turn was a borrowing from Ancient Greek λέων léōn. The Hebrew word לָבִיא lavi may also be related. [4] The generic name Panthera is traceable to the classical Latin word 'panthēra' and the ancient Greek word πάνθηρ 'panther ...
Jake Bates (born March 3, 1999) is an American professional football placekicker for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college soccer for the Central Arkansas Bears and college football for the Texas State Bobcats and Arkansas Razorbacks.
Gibbs posted a photo of fellow Lions running back Jermar Jefferson posing in front of a white board with the terms and responsibilities spelled out behind him. Some of them included "Caitlyn ...
Lion is also title of the fourth grade of mithraism. [6] The first symbol of the lion and Sun, which is related to the Achaemenid period. Lions have been extensively used in ancient Persia as sculptures and on the walls of palaces, in fire temples, tombs, on dishes and jewellery; especially during the Achaemenid Empire. The gates were adorned ...
The lion was chosen as the company's mascot in 1916 by publicist Howard Dietz, as a tribute to his alma mater Columbia University, whose mascot is a lion. Dietz was most directly inspired by the university's fight song, "Roar, Lion, Roar". [2] Names of the first two lions used for the Goldwyn Pictures logos are unknown.
Starz Entertainment Corp. (formerly known as Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, and doing business as Starz Entertainment) is a Canadian-American entertainment company currently headquartered in Santa Monica, California. It was founded by Frank Giustra on July 10, 1997, and domiciled in Vancouver, British Columbia, being incorporated there. [2]