Bobby Layne

Bobby Layne
	With the Steelers in 1961
No. 22
Position:	Quarterback ;
Personal information
Born:	December 19, 1926; Santa Anna, Texas, U.S.
Died:	December 1, 1986 (aged 59); Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Highland Park ; (University Park, Texas)
College:	Texas (1944–1947)
NFL draft:	1948 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
	Chicago Bears (1948); New York Bulldogs (1949); Detroit Lions (1950–1958); Pittsburgh Steelers (1958–1962);
Career highlights and awards
	3× NFL champion (1952, 1953, 1957); 2× First-team All-Pro (1952, 1956); 4× Second-team All-Pro (1953, 1954, 1958, 1959); 6× Pro Bowl (1951–1953, 1956, 1958, 1959); 2× NFL passing yards leader (1950, 1951); NFL passing touchdowns leader (1951); NFL completion percentage leader (1955); NFL scoring leader (1956); NFL 1950s All-Decade Team; Pride of the Lions; Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team; Detroit Lions All-Time Team; Detroit Lions No. 22 retired; Pittsburgh Steelers Legends team; Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor; Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame; Consensus All-American (1947); Second-team All-American (1946); 4× First-team All-SWC (1944, 1945, 1946, 1947); Texas Longhorns No. 22 retired;
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:
Passing attempts:	3,700
Passing completions:	1,814
Completion percentage:	49%
TD–INT:	196–243
Passing yards:	26,768
Passer rating:	63.4
Rushing yards:	2,451
Rushing touchdowns:	25
	Player stats at PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame

Robert Lawrence Layne (December 19, 1926 – December 1, 1986) was an American professional football quarterback for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Texas Longhorns before being selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the third overall pick of the 1948 NFL draft and traded to the Chicago Bears. Layne played one season with the Bears, and then with the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950 to 1958, and the Steelers from 1958 to 1962.^[1]

Layne was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. His number 22 is retired by the Texas Longhorns and the Lions.

^ Modoono, Bill (December 2, 1986). "Bobby Layne: Time finally runs out on fun-loving Texan". Pittsburgh Press. p. D1. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2019.