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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American football player and coach (1932–2024)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For similarly named people, see <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Schmidt_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Joseph Schmidt (disambiguation)">Joseph Schmidt (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid 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player</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 25em; line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Joe Schmidt</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Schmidt_(Pitt).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg/220px-Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="378" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg/330px-Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg/440px-Joe_Schmidt_%28Pitt%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="485" data-file-height="834" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Schmidt from <i>The 1953 Owl</i>, Pittsburgh yearbook</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 56</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">Linebacker</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-01-19</span>)</span>January 19, 1932<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Died:</th><td class="infobox-data">September 11, 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-09-11)</span> (aged 92)<br /><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_Gardens,_Florida" title="Palm Beach Gardens, Florida">Palm Beach Gardens, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">220 lb (100 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brentwood_High_School_(Pennsylvania)" title="Brentwood High School (Pennsylvania)">Brentwood</a> <span class="nowrap">(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_draft" title="1953 NFL draft">1953</a> / round: 7 / pick: 85</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a player:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> (<a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_season" title="1953 NFL season">1953</a>–<a href="/wiki/1965_NFL_season" title="1965 NFL season">1965</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;">As a coach:</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>Detroit Lions (<a href="/wiki/1966_NFL_season" title="1966 NFL season">1966</a>–<a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a>)<br />→Linebackers coach (1966)<br />→Head coach (1967–1972)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/NFL_champion" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL champion">NFL champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1953 NFL Championship Game">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1957 NFL Championship Game">1957</a>)</li> <li>8× First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/1954_All-Pro_Team" title="1954 All-Pro Team">1954</a>–<a href="/wiki/1959_All-Pro_Team" title="1959 All-Pro Team">1959</a>, <a href="/wiki/1961_All-Pro_Team" title="1961 All-Pro Team">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1962_All-Pro_Team" title="1962 All-Pro Team">1962</a>)</li> <li>2× Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/1960_All-Pro_Team" title="1960 All-Pro Team">1960</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_All-Pro_Team" title="1963 All-Pro Team">1963</a>)</li> <li>10× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/1955_Pro_Bowl" title="1955 Pro Bowl">1954</a>–<a href="/wiki/1964_Pro_Bowl" title="1964 Pro Bowl">1963</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_1950s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1950s All-Decade Team">NFL 1950s All-Decade Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_of_the_Lions" title="Pride of the Lions">Pride of the Lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions_75th_Anniversary_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team">Detroit Lions 75th Anniversary Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions#Lions_All-Time_Team" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions All-Time Team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions#Retired_numbers" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions No. 56</a> retired</li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1952_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1952 College Football All-America Team">1952</a>)</li> <li>First-team All-Eastern (<a href="/wiki/1952_All-Eastern_football_team" title="1952 All-Eastern football team">1952</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football#Retired_numbers" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Pittsburgh Panthers No. 65</a> retired</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interceptions" class="mw-redirect" title="Interceptions">Interceptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Interceptions" class="mw-redirect" title="Interceptions"> INT Yards</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">294</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Fumble_recovery" class="mw-redirect" title="Fumble recovery">Fumbles recovered</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdowns" class="mw-redirect" title="Touchdowns">Touchdowns</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SchmJo00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Regular season:</th><td class="infobox-data">43–34–7 (.554)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Postseason:</th><td class="infobox-data">0–1 (.000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Career:</th><td class="infobox-data">43–35–7 (.547)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/SchmJo0.htm">Record</a><span class="nowrap"> </span>at Pro Football Reference</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.profootballhof.com/players/joe-schmidt">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="pane notheme mw-no-invert" style="background-color: #ffbb00;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1838">College Football Hall of Fame</a></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Joseph Paul Schmidt</b> (January 19, 1932 – September 11, 2024) was an American professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player and coach. He played as a <a href="/wiki/Linebacker" title="Linebacker">linebacker</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> for 13 years from 1953 to 1965. He won two <a href="/wiki/NFL_championship" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL championship">NFL championships</a> with the Lions (<a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1953 NFL Championship Game">1953</a> and <a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1957 NFL Championship Game">1957</a>), and, between 1954 and 1963, he played in ten consecutive <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> games and was selected each year as a first-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> player. He was also voted by his fellow NFL players as the NFL's most valuable defensive player in 1960 and 1963, named to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_1950s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1950s All-Decade Team">NFL 1950s All-Decade Team</a>, inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1973 and chosen as a member of the <a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a> in 2019. </p><p>From 1967 to 1972, Schmidt was the head coach of the Detroit Lions. In six years under Schmidt, the Lions compiled a 43–34–7 record and finished in second place each year from 1969 to 1972. After retiring from the Lions, Schmidt worked as a manufacturer's representative in the automobile industry in Detroit. </p><p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, he played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a> <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Panthers_football" title="Pittsburgh Panthers football">Panthers</a> team from 1950 to 1952. He was selected by the <a href="/wiki/International_News_Service" title="International News Service">International News Service</a> as a first-team All-American in 1952 and was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2000. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schmidt was born in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> in 1932 and grew up in the borough of <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Pennsylvania" title="Brentwood, Pennsylvania">Brentwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt was the youngest of four brothers. Two of his brothers died while Schmidt was still a boy, one after falling from a tree and the other while serving in the military in June 1944. His father died in February 1945. Another brother played football at Carnegie Tech and recruited Joe to play semipro football at age 14. He later enrolled at <a href="/wiki/Brentwood_High_School_(Pennsylvania)" title="Brentwood High School (Pennsylvania)">Brentwood High School</a> and played football.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffin_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: College career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schmidt attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh" title="University of Pittsburgh">University of Pittsburgh</a>, playing on the school's football team for three years, from 1950 to 1952. During his first two years as a Pittsburgh football player, the team compiled losing records of 1–8 in 1950 and 3–7 in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a senior, Schmidt was the captain of the <a href="/wiki/1952_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team" title="1952 Pittsburgh Panthers football team">1952 Pittsburgh team</a> that compiled a 6–3 record, including victories over <a href="/wiki/1952_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="1952 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1952 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">Notre Dame</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1952_Army_Cadets_football_team" title="1952 Army Cadets football team">Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the Notre Dame game, Schmidt gave a speech that was credited with motivating the team to defeat the heavily favored Notre Dame team.<sup id="cite_ref-Joe_Schmidt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joe_Schmidt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Notre Dame game, Schmidt sustained a concussion and hemorrhage that required him to be hospitalized for ten days.<sup id="cite_ref-no65_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no65-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the end of the 1952 season, Schmidt was selected as a first-team All-American by the <a href="/wiki/International_News_Service" title="International News Service">International News Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also selected to play in the <a href="/wiki/Senior_Bowl" title="Senior Bowl">Senior Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_playing_career">Professional playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Professional playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Two_NFL_championships_(1953–1957)"><span id="Two_NFL_championships_.281953.E2.80.931957.29"></span>Two NFL championships (1953–1957)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Two NFL championships (1953–1957)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schmidt was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lions" title="Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> in the seventh round (85th overall pick) of the <a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_draft" title="1953 NFL draft">1953 NFL draft</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He joined a team that had won the <a href="/wiki/1952_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1952 NFL Championship Game">1952 NFL Championship</a> and led the NFL in scoring defense. The Lions and Schmidt both had doubts as to whether a seventh round pick would be able to make the lineup of the best defense in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-Rose_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rose-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Schmidt impressed in the pre-season and was included in the regular season roster. In the first game of the 1953 season, he helped the Lions to a 38–21 win over the <a href="/wiki/1953_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="1953 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>; the <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> wrote that Schmidt was "making tackles all over the field" and was a key in holding the Steelers to 96 rushing yards.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt appeared in all 12 regular season games, intercepted two passes, and helped the Lions to the <a href="/wiki/1953_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1953 NFL Championship Game">1953 NFL Championship</a> with the league's second best scoring defense.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schmidt again appeared in all 12 regular season games for the <a href="/wiki/1954_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1954 Detroit Lions season">1954 Detroit Lions</a> team that compiled a 9–2–1 record and won the NFC Western Division but lost to the <a href="/wiki/1954_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1954 Cleveland Browns season">Browns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1954_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1954 NFL Championship Game">1954 NFL Championship Game</a> despite Schmidt's interception of an <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Otto Graham</a> pass.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the 1954 season, Schmidt was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a> (AP) as a first-team All-Pro player and by the <a href="/wiki/United_Press_International" title="United Press International">United Press</a> (UP) as a second-team All-Pro.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also invited to play in the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the first of ten consecutive Pro Bowls in Schmidt's career.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1955, following an injury to <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a> and the retirement of <a href="/wiki/Les_Bingaman" title="Les Bingaman">Les Bingaman</a>, the Lions dropped to 3–9, and the team fell to ninth of 12 NFL teams in scoring defense, but Schmidt continued to impress. He appeared in all 12 games for the Lions,<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> tied an NFL record with eight fumble recoveries,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and won the Lions' President's Trophy as the team's most valuable player.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was selected by both the AP and the <a href="/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association" title="Newspaper Enterprise Association">Newspaper Enterprise Association</a> (NEA) as a first-team All-Pro and by the UP as a second-team All-Pro.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1956, Schmidt was elected as the team captain,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a designation he would hold for the next nine years.<sup id="cite_ref-Coffin_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coffin-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">NFL Players Association</a> was formed in 1956, Schmidt was chosen by his teammates as their first player representative.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the signal caller for the defense and quickly developed a reputation as being "without peer" at the task.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1956 Lions improved to 9–3, finishing in second place in the West Division with the third best scoring defense in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of the 1956 season, Schmidt was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the AP, UP, NEA, and <i><a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">The Sporting News</a></i> (TSN).<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schmidt had perhaps his best season in 1957. As team captain, he appeared in every game and led the <a href="/wiki/1957_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1957 Detroit Lions season">1957 Lions</a> to their third NFL championship in six years.<sup id="cite_ref-t57_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t57-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt intercepted two passes in the post-season and led the Lions to a 59–14 victory over the <a href="/wiki/1957_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="1957 Cleveland Browns season">Browns</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1957_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1957 NFL Championship Game">1957 NFL Championship Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-t57_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t57-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the second time in his career, Schmidt was selected as the Lions' most valuable player.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was involved in half of the Lions' tackles, including 80 initial tackles and 77 assists in 12 games,<sup id="cite_ref-LOY_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOY-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the AP, UPI, NEA and <i>The Sporting News</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was named the NFL Lineman of the Year in an AP poll of NFL writers.<sup id="cite_ref-LOY_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LOY-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_years_(1958–1965)"><span id="Later_years_.281958.E2.80.931965.29"></span>Later years (1958–1965)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later years (1958–1965)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg/220px-Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg/330px-Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Joe_Schmidt_1961.jpg 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Schmidt in 1961</figcaption></figure> <p>After serving six months in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> after the 1957 season,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt held out prior to the start of the 1958 season,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seeking a 50% salary increase to $18,000. He ultimately signed a one-year contract in late July.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After winning the NFL championship in 1957, the <a href="/wiki/1958_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1958 Detroit Lions season">1958 Lions</a> fell to 4–7–1 with a scoring defense ranked seventh of 12 teams in the NFL.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the team's decline, Schmidt intercepted a career-high six passes in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also selected as the Lions' most valuable player for the third time,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> played in the Pro Bowl, and was selected by the AP, UPI, NEA, and <i>The <a href="/wiki/Sporting_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Sporting News">Sporting News</a></i> as a first-team All-Pro player.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lions struggles continued in 1959 with a 3–8–1 record and a scoring defense ranked eighth in the league.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 1959 season, Schmidt once again played in the Pro Bowl and was selected by the AP, UPI, NEA, and <i>The Sporting News</i> as a first-team All-Pro player.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During an exhibition game on September 11, 1960, Schmidt suffered a dislocated right shoulder that caused him to miss the first two games of the regular season.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to the injury, Schmidt had played in every game for the Lions for seven consecutive years from 1953 to 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned to the lineup wearing a restraining harness to protect his shoulder.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 16, in his first game back from the injury, he intercepted a pass and returned it 17 yards for the first touchdown of his NFL career.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lions lost the first two games of the season, but went 7–3 after Schmidt returned.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the 1960 season, he played in the Pro Bowl and was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the NEA and <i>Sporting News</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also voted by the NFL players as the league's most valuable defensive player.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1961 and 1962 seasons, Schmidt appeared in all 28 regular season games for the Lions, as the team improved to 8–5–1 and 11–3, finishing in second place in the NFL Western Division both years.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the fourth time in his career, Schmidt was selected as the Lions' most valuable player in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played both years in the Pro Bowl and won first-team All-Pro honors in 1961 from the AP, UPI, NEA, and TSN, and in 1962 from the AP, UPI, and NEA.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1963, Schmidt and five other Lions were implicated in a gambling investigation by NFL commissioner <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Pete Rozelle</a>. Schmidt had placed a $50 bet on the <a href="/wiki/1962_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="1962 Green Bay Packers season">Packers</a> to defeat the <a href="/wiki/1962_New_York_Giants_season" title="1962 New York Giants season">Giants</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1962_NFL_Championship_Game" title="1962 NFL Championship Game">1962 NFL Championship Game</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Detroit teammate <a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Alex Karras</a> was given an indefinite suspension for his role in the betting; Schmidt and four other Lions were fined $2,000 each.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1963, Schmidt missed four games with another dislocated shoulder, but still appeared in 10 games and was selected as a first-team All-Pro by the NEA.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the season ended, he played in his tenth consecutive Pro Bowl and was selected for the tenth consecutive year as an All-Pro, receiving first-team honors from the NEA.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NFL players also selected Schmidt as the NFL's most valuable player on defense.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt was paid $22,000 in 1963, making him the club's highest paid defensive player up to that time.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964, Schmidt was limited to nine games.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His season ended on November 9 when he sustained yet another dislocated shoulder in a loss to the Packers.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After sustaining the injury, Schmidt announced that he intended to retire as a player. However, he quickly rescinded his resignation and stated his intent to attempt a comeback in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, Schmidt's last as a player, he appeared in all 14 games for the Lions and intercepted four passes, the second highest total of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1966, Schmidt announced his retirement as a player.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP66_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP66-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During his 13-year NFL career, Schmidt appeared in 155 games, intercepted 24 passes, and recovered 17 fumbles.<sup id="cite_ref-PFR_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFR-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assistant_coach_(1966)"><span id="Assistant_coach_.281966.29"></span>Assistant coach (1966)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Assistant coach (1966)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Simultaneously with his retirement as a player, Schmidt was hired as an assistant coach for the <a href="/wiki/1966_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1966 Detroit Lions season">1966 Lions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DFP66_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP66-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1966 season, he tutored linebackers <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lucci" title="Mike Lucci">Mike Lucci</a>, who became the Lions' most valuable defensive player for three consecutive years, and <a href="/wiki/Wally_Hilgenberg" title="Wally Hilgenberg">Wally Hilgenberg</a>, who later played 12 seasons for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a>. The Lions compiled a 4–9–1 record in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-PFL_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFL-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rebuilding_(1967–1968)"><span id="Rebuilding_.281967.E2.80.931968.29"></span>Rebuilding (1967–1968)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rebuilding (1967–1968)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 6, 1967, shortly after the end of the 1966 season, Lions fired head coach <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gilmer" title="Harry Gilmer">Harry Gilmer</a> and signed Schmidt, at age 35, to a five-year, $40,000-a-year contract as Gilmer's replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his first year as head coach, the Lions ended with a 5–7–2 record.<sup id="cite_ref-PFL_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFL-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1968, the Lions traded with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Rams" title="Los Angeles Rams">Los Angeles Rams</a> for quarterback <a href="/wiki/Bill_Munson" title="Bill Munson">Bill Munson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1968 Detroit Lions season">1968 season</a>, the Lions compiled a 4–8–2 record.<sup id="cite_ref-PFL_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFL-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 21, 1968, Schmidt was booed by Detroit fans when, after the Lions recovered a fumble at their own 20-yard line with the score tied and 27 seconds left, Schmidt ran out the clock with four running plays instead of going for the win.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the Lions' poor record on the field during Schmidt's first two years as head coach, they made for suitable rebuilding years in the eyes of the public. The <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> wrote that Schmidt took over a team that was reportedly "at the depths" and was "charged with rebuilding from the bottom."<sup id="cite_ref-contract_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contract-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Lions rebuilding efforts during the <a href="/wiki/1967_NFL/AFL_draft" title="1967 NFL/AFL draft">1967 NFL/AFL draft</a> and <a href="/wiki/1968_NFL/AFL_draft" title="1968 NFL/AFL draft">1968 NFL/AFL draft</a> included the selection of two <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> inductees<sup id="cite_ref-Barney_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barney-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and three NFL Rookie of the Year Award winners.<sup id="cite_ref-Barney_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barney-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Farr_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farr-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EMC_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMC-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Running back <a href="/wiki/Mel_Farr" title="Mel Farr">Mel Farr</a> was drafted in the first round of the 1967 draft. Farr played in two <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowls</a> and was selected as the 1967 <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award#Offensive_ROTY_winners_(1967–present)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Rookie of the Year Award">NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Farr_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farr-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cornerback <a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Lem Barney</a> was picked in the second round of the 1967 draft. Barney played in seven Pro Bowls, was the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award#Defensive_ROTY_winners_(1967–present)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Rookie of the Year Award">NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year</a> in 1967, and was later inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Barney_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barney-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Linebacker <a href="/wiki/Paul_Naumoff" title="Paul Naumoff">Paul Naumoff</a> was selected in the third round of the 1967 draft. Naumoff played linebacker for the Lions for 12 years and played in the 1970 Pro Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quarterback <a href="/wiki/Greg_Landry" title="Greg Landry">Greg Landry</a> was drafted in the first round of the 1968 draft. Landry remained with the Lions for 11 seasons, set an NFL record for rushing yards by a quarterback, and concluded his career as the team's second leading career passer behind <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Earl_McCullouch" title="Earl McCullouch">Earl McCullouch</a> was picked in the second round of the 1968 draft. McCulloch was selected as the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1968, the second consecutive season in which a Lions draftee won the award.<sup id="cite_ref-EMC_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EMC-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tight end <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">Charlie Sanders</a> was selected in the third round of the 1968 draft. Sanders remained with the Lions for 10 years and was named to the <a href="/wiki/NFL_1970s_All-Decade_Team" title="NFL 1970s All-Decade Team">NFL 1970s All-Decade Team</a> and inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanders_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanders-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Peak_years_(1969–1970)"><span id="Peak_years_.281969.E2.80.931970.29"></span>Peak years (1969–1970)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Peak years (1969–1970)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1969_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1969 Detroit Lions season">1969</a>, the Lions opened the season 3–3 but picked up momentum from there, compiling a 6–1–1 record in their final eight games and finishing in second place behind the <a href="/wiki/1969_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="1969 Minnesota Vikings season">Vikings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PFL_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFL-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lem Barney intercepted eight passes, and the defense ranked second in the NFL in scoring defense at 13.4 points per game.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barney received first-team <a href="/wiki/1969_All-Pro_Team" title="1969 All-Pro Team">1969 All-Pro honors</a>, and four Lions (Charlie Sanders, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Flanagan_(American_football)" title="Ed Flanagan (American football)">Ed Flanagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Alex Karras</a>, and Mike Lucci) received second-team honors.<sup id="cite_ref-TF2_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF2-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 14, 1969, just hours after the team upset the <a href="/wiki/1969_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1969 Los Angeles Rams season">Rams</a>, 28–0, Schmidt was arrested at 3 a.m. for driving while intoxicated after allegedly running a red light at 75 miles per hour on Telegraph Road in <a href="/wiki/Southfield,_Michigan" title="Southfield, Michigan">Southfield, Michigan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schmidt pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and was fined $150.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schmidt's best season as the Lions coach was <a href="/wiki/1970_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1970 Detroit Lions season">1970</a> when the Lions finished 10–4 to make the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Whereas the 1969 team had been strong defensively and weak on offense, the 1970 team ranked second in the NFL in both scoring defense (14.4 points per game) and scoring offense (24.8 points per game).<sup id="cite_ref-t70_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t70-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most heartbreaking loss came on November 8, when <a href="/wiki/Tom_Dempsey" title="Tom Dempsey">Tom Dempsey</a> of the <a href="/wiki/1970_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="1970 New Orleans Saints season">New Orleans Saints</a> broke an NFL record with a 63-yard field goal to beat the Lions, 19–17, as time expired.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 14, the Lions defeated the <a href="/wiki/1970_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="1970 Los Angeles Rams season">Rams</a>, 28–23, on <i><a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a></i> in Los Angeles.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Munson" title="Bill Munson">Bill Munson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greg_Landry" title="Greg Landry">Greg Landry</a> shared the quarterback duties for the 1970 Lions, Munson starting eight games and Landry six.<sup id="cite_ref-t70_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t70-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The playoff run lasted only one game, however, as the <a href="/wiki/1970_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1970 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> won a defensive battle, 5–0, on December 26.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charlie Sanders received first-team <a href="/wiki/1970_All-Pro_Team" title="1970 All-Pro Team">1970 All-Pro honors</a>, and five Lions (Mel Farr, Ed Flanagan, Paul Naumoff, Lem Barney, and <a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">Dick LeBeau</a>) received second-team honors.<sup id="cite_ref-TF2_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TF2-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Final_seasons_(1971–1972)"><span id="Final_seasons_.281971.E2.80.931972.29"></span>Final seasons (1971–1972)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Final seasons (1971–1972)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1971, with one year still remaining on his five-year contract, Schmidt signed a new, three-year contract to serve as the Lions' head coach through the 1973 season at an increased salary estimated at $60,000 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-contract_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contract-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new contract was seen as an endorsement by owner <a href="/wiki/William_Clay_Ford_Sr." title="William Clay Ford Sr.">William Clay Ford</a> of Schmidt's rebuilding efforts, leading the team to a 19–8–1 record in the previous two seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-contract_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-contract-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/1971_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1971 Detroit Lions season">1971 Lions</a> began the season with high expectations and won four of the first five games.<sup id="cite_ref-t71_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t71-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season took a dramatic downward turn in the sixth game of the season against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a> on October 24, 1971. In the final two minutes of the game, Lions wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hughes" title="Chuck Hughes">Chuck Hughes</a> caught a 32-yard pass as the Lions attempted to rally from a five-point deficit. On the next play, Hughes collapsed on the field clutching his chest as he fell. He was given chest compressions by the team doctor and taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead within an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From that game forward, the Lions won only three of the remaining games, lost the final three games, and ended with a disappointing 7–6–1 record.<sup id="cite_ref-t71_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t71-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1972, the team improved to 8–5–1 and finished in second place.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRC_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, with one game left, team owner <a href="/wiki/William_Clay_Ford_Sr." title="William Clay Ford Sr.">William Clay Ford</a> publicly announced his dissatisfaction with the results he had received from the coaching staff and stated that there would be a shakeup of the coaching staff when the season ended.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Ford's criticism, the Lions smashed the Rams, 34–17, in the final game of the season.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the game, Schmidt told the press: "As far as our season is concerned, it was a very disappointing one. ... At least we improved from last year's 7–6–1 record. The abuse that has been heaped upon us in Detroit is part of the game."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schmidt resigned as the Lions' head coach on January 12, 1973. At a press conference announcing his decision, Schmidt said, "I really don't enjoy coaching anymore. It got to be a burden more than a fun-loving game. I promised my family and myself when I started coaching that I would get out when it stopped being fun. Unfortunately, it's reached that point."<sup id="cite_ref-DFP73_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP73-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In six years under Schmidt, the Lions compiled a 43–34–7 record and finished in second place each year from 1969 to 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-PFRC_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DFP73_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DFP73-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sources:<sup id="cite_ref-t70_66-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-t70-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PFRC_72-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFRC-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Team</th> <th rowspan="2">Year</th> <th colspan="5">Regular season</th> <th colspan="4">Postseason </th></tr> <tr> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Ties</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Finish</th> <th>Won</th> <th>Lost</th> <th>Win %</th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1967 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_NFL_season" title="1967 NFL season">1967</a> </th> <td>5</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>.417</td> <td>3rd in NFL Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1968 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1968_NFL_season" title="1968 NFL season">1968</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>.333</td> <td>4th in NFL Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1969 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1969_NFL_season" title="1969 NFL season">1969</a> </th> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>.692</td> <td>2nd in NFL Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fdd;"> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1970 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_NFL_season" title="1970 NFL season">1970</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>.714</td> <td>2nd in NFC Central</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>.000</td> <td><small><b>Lost to <a href="/wiki/1970_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="1970 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a> in <a href="/wiki/1970-71_NFL_playoffs" class="mw-redirect" title="1970-71 NFL playoffs">NFC Divisional Game</a></b></small> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1971 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_season" title="1971 NFL season">1971</a> </th> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>.538</td> <td>2nd in NFC Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_Detroit_Lions_season" title="1972 Detroit Lions season">DET</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>.607</td> <td>2nd in NFC Central</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>– </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>43</th> <th>34</th> <th>7</th> <th>.558</th> <th></th> <th>0</th> <th>1</th> <th>.000</th> <th> </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy_and_career_honors">Legacy and career honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Legacy and career honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schmidt was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> in 1973 and the <a href="/wiki/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="College Football Hall of Fame">College Football Hall of Fame</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During a time when the Lions were one of the NFL teams that switched to using the <a href="/wiki/4-3_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="4-3 defense">4-3 defense</a> to deal with the increased emphasis on <a href="/wiki/Forward_pass" title="Forward pass">passing</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was credited with revolutionizing the linebacker position with his speed, doing the job formerly performed by <a href="/wiki/Middle_guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle guard">middle guards</a> in stopping the run game while also taking the load off the <a href="/wiki/Defensive_back" title="Defensive back">defensive backs</a> on pass defense.<sup id="cite_ref-Rose_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rose-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some have credited him with "virtually invent[ing] the <a href="/wiki/Middle_linebacker" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle linebacker">middle linebacker</a> position."<sup id="cite_ref-Induction_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Induction-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His biography at the Hall of Fame credits him with a big role in changing defensive play in the NFL: </p> <blockquote><p>Without question, he was the first to play the [middle linebacker] position with such finesse that even the masses in the stands could see the growing value of the 'defensive quarterback.' He anticipated plays with uncanny accuracy. He was a deadly tackler. He was fast enough to evade a 250-pound guard, to follow a play along the line or to drop back to cover a pass. He was strong enough to power past a potential blocker to crumble a play. But his greatest talent may well have been his uncanny knack of knowing what the opposition was going to do.<sup id="cite_ref-PFHOF_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PFHOF-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Detroit coach <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Parker" title="Buddy Parker">Buddy Parker</a> called Schmidt "one of the surest and hardest tacklers you'll ever see."<sup id="cite_ref-Greatest_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Greatest-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even Schmidt's adversaries acknowledged his exceptional talent. Rams' quarterback <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Norm Van Brocklin</a> said of Schmidt, "If I were to start a team from scratch and pick out just one player, I'd select Joe Schmidt to form the core of my team."<sup id="cite_ref-Rose_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rose-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite playing in the same era as Hall of Fame linebackers <a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Ray Nitschke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Sam Huff</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">Bill George</a>, Green Bay's <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Paul Hornung</a> called Schmidt "the best linebacker in the league." <a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Vince Lombardi</a> said of Schmidt, "He's a cat."<sup id="cite_ref-Rose_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rose-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">John Henry Johnson</a> of San Francisco's "<a href="/wiki/Million_Dollar_Backfield_(San_Francisco_49ers)" title="Million Dollar Backfield (San Francisco 49ers)">Million Dollar Backfield</a>" complained, "He's always in the way."<sup id="cite_ref-Rose_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rose-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to the Pro and College Football Halls of Fame, Schmidt also received numerous other honors. In August 1969, Schmidt was named by the <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="Pro Football Hall of Fame">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a> to its <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_1950s_All-Decade_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League 1950s All-Decade Team">NFL 1950s All-Decade Team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1969, Schmidt was voted the "Greatest Lion Ever" in conjunction with the NFL's 50th anniversary.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a Lion, Schmidt wore number 56, and <a href="/wiki/Retired_number" title="Retired number">his number was retired</a> by the Lions. Schmidt personally allowed <a href="/wiki/Pat_Swilling" title="Pat Swilling">Pat Swilling</a> to wear the number 56 during Swilling's time with the Lions. No player has worn it since.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 1970, Schmidt was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Michigan Sports Hall of Fame">Michigan Sports Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 1988 poll of 300 NFL writers, Schmidt was selected as the best defensive player in the history of the Detroit Lions; <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a> was picked as the greatest offensive player.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1997, the University of Pittsburgh announced that Schmidt's jersey number 65 would be retired at a ceremony in September 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-no65_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-no65-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1999, Schmidt was ranked number 65 on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sporting_News" title="The Sporting News">The Sporting News</a>'</i> list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1999, the <i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Free_Press" title="Detroit Free Press">Detroit Free Press</a></i> compiled its list of the greatest Michigan sports figures of the 20th century; Schmidt was ranked No. 14.<sup id="cite_ref-COC1_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COC1-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The only other Lions to rank among the top 25 were <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Barry Sanders</a> (No. 13) and <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Bobby Layne</a> (No. 7).<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2019, Schmidt was named a member of the <a href="/wiki/NFL_100th_Anniversary_All-Time_Team" title="NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team">NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Film">Film</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schmidt played himself as the coach of the Detroit Lions in the 1968 film <i><a href="/wiki/Paper_Lion_(film)" title="Paper Lion (film)">Paper Lion</a></i>, based on the <a href="/wiki/Paper_Lion" title="Paper Lion">book</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_Plimpton" title="George Plimpton">George Plimpton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joe_Schmidt_(American_football)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1959, Schmidt married Marilynn Rotz.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Goldstein-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had five children.<sup id="cite_ref-Induction_79-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Induction-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After retiring from the Lions, Schmidt formed Joe Schmidt Enterprises, a manufacturer's representative working with the automobile industry in Detroit.<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schmidt died in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_Gardens,_Florida" title="Palm Beach Gardens, Florida">Palm Beach Gardens, Florida</a>, on September 11, 2024, at the age of 92.<sup id="cite_ref-Goldstein_1-3" class="reference"><a 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title="Harley Sewell">Sewell</a> (G)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lomas_Brown" title="Lomas Brown">Brown</a> (T)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a> (T)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Defense</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al_Baker" title="Al Baker">Baker</a> (DE)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Robert_Porcher" title="Robert Porcher">Porcher</a> (DE)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Roger_Brown_(defensive_tackle)" title="Roger Brown (defensive tackle)">Brown</a> (DT)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Doug_English" title="Doug English">English</a> (DT)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a> (DT)</dd> <dd><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schmidt</a> (LB)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chris_Spielman" title="Chris Spielman">Spielman</a> (LB)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Walker_(linebacker)" title="Wayne Walker (linebacker)">Walker</a> (LB)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a> (CB)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jim_David_(American_football)" title="Jim David 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Quarterbacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Clark" title="Dutch Clark">Clark</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Stafford" title="Matthew Stafford">Stafford</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">QB</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Nick_Pietrosante" title="Nick Pietrosante">Pietrosante</a> (<a href="/wiki/Fullback_(gridiron_football)" title="Fullback (gridiron football)">FB</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">B. 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Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Driscoll" title="Paddy Driscoll">Driscoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Friedman" title="Benny Friedman">Friedman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Herber" title="Arnie Herber">Herber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">J. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Parker" title="Ace Parker">A. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Van Brocklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Waterfield" title="Bob Waterfield">Waterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">S. Young</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Running backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">M. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Battles" title="Cliff Battles">Battles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Canadeo" title="Tony Canadeo">Canadeo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Csonka" title="Larry Csonka">Csonka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">T. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Dudley" title="Bill Dudley">Dudley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gifford" title="Frank Gifford">Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Grange" title="Red Grange">Grange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Guyon" title="Joe Guyon">Guyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">F. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_Hinkle" title="Clarke Hinkle">Hinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgerrin_James" title="Edgerrin James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Johnson" title="John Henry Johnson">J. H. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">L. Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Leemans" title="Tuffy Leemans">Leemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">F. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollie_Matson" title="Ollie Matson">Matson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_McAfee" title="George McAfee">McAfee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_McElhenny" title="Hugh McElhenny">McElhenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_%22Blood%22_McNally" title="Johnny "Blood" McNally">J. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenny_Moore" title="Lenny Moore">Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_Motley" title="Marion Motley">Motley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronko_Nagurski" title="Bronko Nagurski">Nagurski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Nevers" title="Ernie Nevers">Nevers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Perry_(American_football)" title="Joe Perry (American football)">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_Pollard" title="Fritz Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Riggins" title="John Riggins">Riggins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">B. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Sayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">E. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Strong" title="Ken Strong">Strong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(fullback)" title="Jim Taylor (fullback)">Ji. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">T. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Thorpe" title="Jim Thorpe">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Trippi" title="Charley Trippi">Trippi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Van_Buren" title="Steve Van Buren">Van Buren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Walker" title="Doak Walker">Walker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wide receivers /<br />ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Alworth" title="Lance Alworth">Alworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Badgro" title="Red Badgro">Badgro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Berry" title="Raymond Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff" title="Fred Biletnikoff">Biletnikoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Branch" title="Cliff Branch">Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Brown_(American_football)" title="Tim Brown (American football)">T. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Bruce" title="Isaac Bruce">Bruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Carmichael" title="Harold Carmichael">Carmichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fears" title="Tom Fears">Fears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hayes" title="Bob Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Hewitt_(American_football)" title="Bill Hewitt (American football)">Hewitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elroy_Hirsch" title="Elroy Hirsch">Hirsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Hutson" title="Don Hutson">Hutson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Irvin" title="Michael Irvin">Irvin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Johnson" title="Andre Johnson">A. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calvin_Johnson" title="Calvin Johnson">C. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Joiner" title="Charlie Joiner">Joiner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Lavelli" title="Dante Lavelli">Lavelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lofton" title="James Lofton">Lofton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Maynard" title="Don Maynard">Maynard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_McDonald_(American_football)" title="Tommy McDonald (American football)">McDonald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Millner" title="Wayne Millner">Millner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Mitchell" title="Bobby Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Monk" title="Art Monk">Monk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Moss" title="Randy Moss">Moss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrell_Owens" title="Terrell Owens">Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Pihos" title="Pete Pihos">Pihos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Reed" title="Andre Reed">A. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_Speedie" title="Mac Speedie">Speedie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stallworth" title="John Stallworth">Stallworth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Swann" title="Lynn Swann">Swann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Taylor" title="Charley Taylor">C. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Warfield" title="Paul Warfield">Warfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tight ends</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Casper" title="Dave Casper">Casper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Ditka" title="Mike Ditka">Ditka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Gonzalez" title="Tony Gonzalez">Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mackey_(American_football)" title="John Mackey (American football)">Mackey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sanders" title="Charlie Sanders">C. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shannon_Sharpe" title="Shannon Sharpe">Sharpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Smith" title="Jackie Smith">J. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kellen_Winslow" title="Kellen Winslow">Winslow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Offensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Allen" title="Larry Allen">L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Boselli" title="Tony Boselli">Boselli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Brown_(offensive_lineman)" title="Bob Brown (offensive lineman)">B. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rosey_Brown" title="Rosey Brown">R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Covert" title="Jim Covert">Covert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Creekmur" title="Lou Creekmur">Creekmur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dermontti_Dawson" title="Dermontti Dawson">D. Dawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_DeLamielleure" title="Joe DeLamielleure">DeLamielleure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Dierdorf" title="Dan Dierdorf">Dierdorf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Faneca" title="Alan Faneca">Faneca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Gatski" title="Frank Gatski">Gatski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Gregg" title="Forrest Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Grimm" title="Russ Grimm">Grimm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hannah_(American_football)" title="John Hannah (American football)">Hannah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Hickerson" title="Gene Hickerson">Hickerson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Hill" title="Winston Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Hutchinson_(American_football)" title="Steve Hutchinson (American football)">Hutchinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Jones_(American_football)" title="Stan Jones (American football)">S. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jones_(American_football)" title="Walter Jones (American football)">W. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Kramer" title="Jerry Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Langer" title="Jim Langer">Langer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Little" title="Larry Little">L. Little</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Mack" title="Tom Mack">Mack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Mawae" title="Kevin Mawae">Mawae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_McCormack_(American_football)" title="Mike McCormack (American football)">McCormack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_McDaniel" title="Randall McDaniel">McDaniel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Mix" title="Ron Mix">Mix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Munchak" title="Mike Munchak">Munchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ogden" title="Jonathan Ogden">Ogden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Otto" title="Jim Otto">Otto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Parker_(American_football)" title="Jim Parker (American football)">J. Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Ringo" title="Jim Ringo">Ringo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Roaf" title="Willie Roaf">Roaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Shaw" title="Billy Shaw">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Shell" title="Art Shell">A. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_St._Clair" title="Bob St. Clair">St. Clair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Stanfel" title="Dick Stanfel">Stanfel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Stephenson" title="Dwight Stephenson">Stephenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Thomas_(offensive_tackle)" title="Joe Thomas (offensive tackle)">J. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Tingelhoff" title="Mick Tingelhoff">Tingelhoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Webster" title="Mike Webster">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayfield_Wright" title="Rayfield Wright">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Yary" title="Ron Yary">Yary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Zimmerman" title="Gary Zimmerman">Zimmerman</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-modern era<br />two-way players</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turk_Edwards" title="Turk Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fortmann" title="Dan Fortmann">Fortmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Healey" title="Ed Healey">Healey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Hein" title="Mel Hein">Hein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Henry" title="Pete Henry">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cal_Hubbard" title="Cal Hubbard">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kiesling" title="Walt Kiesling">Kiesling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruiser_Kinard" title="Bruiser Kinard">Kinard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Lyman" title="Link Lyman">Lyman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Michalske" title="Mike Michalske">Michalske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Musso" title="George Musso">Musso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_Slater" title="Duke Slater">D. Slater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Stydahar" title="Joe Stydahar">Stydahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Trafton" title="George Trafton">Trafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulldog_Turner" title="Bulldog Turner">Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Wojciechowicz" title="Alex Wojciechowicz">Wojciechowicz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive<br />linemen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Atkins" title="Doug Atkins">Atkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elvin_Bethea" title="Elvin Bethea">Bethea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_Buchanan" title="Buck Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curley_Culp" title="Curley Culp">Culp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Dean" title="Fred Dean">Dean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dent" title="Richard Dent">Dent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Doleman" title="Chris Doleman">Doleman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Donovan" title="Art Donovan">Donovan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Eller" title="Carl Eller">Eller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_Ford" title="Len Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Freeney" title="Dwight Freeney">Freeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Greene" title="Joe Greene">J. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Haley" title="Charles Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Hampton" title="Dan Hampton">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Humphrey" title="Claude Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deacon_Jones" title="Deacon Jones">D. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Jordan" title="Henry Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Karras" title="Alex Karras">Karras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cortez_Kennedy" title="Cortez Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Klecko" title="Joe Klecko">Klecko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Lilly" title="Bob Lilly">Lilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howie_Long" title="Howie Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Marchetti" title="Gino Marchetti">Marchetti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_McMichael" title="Steve McMichael">McMichael</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Nomellini" title="Leo Nomellini">Nomellini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Page" title="Alan Page">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Peppers" title="Julius Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randle" title="John Randle">Randle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Sapp" title="Warren Sapp">Sapp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Roy_Selmon" title="Lee Roy Selmon">Selmon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seymour" title="Richard Seymour">Seymour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Smith" title="Bruce Smith">B. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sprinkle" title="Ed Sprinkle">Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernie_Stautner" title="Ernie Stautner">Stautner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Strahan" title="Michael Strahan">Strahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Ja. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnie_Weinmeister" title="Arnie Weinmeister">Weinmeister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_White_(American_football)" title="Randy White (American football)">Ra. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">Re. White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Willis" title="Bill Willis">B. Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Young" title="Bryant Young">B. Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Youngblood" title="Jack Youngblood">Youngblood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Linebackers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Bednarik" title="Chuck Bednarik">Bednarik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Bell" title="Bobby Bell">Bo. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Brazile" title="Robert Brazile">Brazile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Buoniconti" title="Nick Buoniconti">Buoniconti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Butkus" title="Dick Butkus">Butkus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Carson" title="Harry Carson">Carson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Connor_(American_football)" title="George Connor (American football)">Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_George_(linebacker)" title="Bill George (linebacker)">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Gradishar" title="Randy Gradishar">Gradishar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greene" title="Kevin Greene">K. Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Ham" title="Jack Ham">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Hanburger" title="Chris Hanburger">Hanburger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Hendricks" title="Ted Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Howley" title="Chuck Howley">Howley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Huff" title="Sam Huff">Huff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rickey_Jackson" title="Rickey Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(American_football)" title="Jack Lambert (American football)">Lambert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Lanier" title="Willie Lanier">Lanier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lewis" title="Ray Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Mills" title="Sam Mills">Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nitschke" title="Ray Nitschke">Nitschke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Les_Richter" title="Les Richter">Richter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Dave Robinson (American football)">D. Robinson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Schmidt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">D. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zach_Thomas" title="Zach Thomas">Z. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Tippett" title="Andre Tippett">Tippett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Urlacher" title="Brian Urlacher">Urlacher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilcox" title="Dave Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Willis" title="Patrick Willis">P. Willis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defensive backs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Adderley" title="Herb Adderley">Adderley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Atwater" title="Steve Atwater">Atwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_Bailey" title="Champ Bailey">Bailey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronde_Barber" title="Ronde Barber">Barber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lem_Barney" title="Lem Barney">Barney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Blount" title="Mel Blount">Blount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Brown_(American_football)" title="Willie Brown (American football)">W. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Butler_(American_football)" title="Jack Butler (American football)">J. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Butler" title="LeRoy Butler">L. Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Christiansen" title="Jack Christiansen">Christiansen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Dawkins" title="Brian Dawkins">Dawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Dillon" title="Bobby Dillon">Dillon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Easley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Harris" title="Cliff Harris">C. Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haynes_(cornerback)" title="Mike Haynes (cornerback)">Haynes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(cornerback)" title="Jimmy Johnson (cornerback)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krause" title="Paul Krause">Krause</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_Lane" title="Night Train Lane">Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_Lary" title="Yale Lary">Lary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_LeBeau" title="Dick LeBeau">LeBeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lott" title="Ronnie Lott">Lott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Polamalu" title="Troy Polamalu">Polamalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Reed" title="Ed Reed">E. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Renfro" title="Mel Renfro">Renfro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrelle_Revis" title="Darrelle Revis">Revis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Riley" title="Ken Riley">Riley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Robinson_(safety)" title="Johnny Robinson (safety)">J. Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deion_Sanders" title="Deion Sanders">D. Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donnie_Shell" title="Donnie Shell">D. Shell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Thomas" title="Emmitt Thomas">E. Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emlen_Tunnell" title="Emlen Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Wehrli" title="Roger Wehrli">Wehrli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Larry Wilson (American football)">L. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wood" title="Willie Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">C. Woodson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Woodson" title="Rod Woodson">R. Woodson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Special teams</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Morten_Andersen" title="Morten Andersen">Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lou_Groza" title="Lou Groza">Groza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Guy" title="Ray Guy">Guy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devin_Hester" title="Devin Hester">Hester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Stenerud" title="Jan Stenerud">Stenerud</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Coaches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)" title="George Allen (American football coach)">G. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Brown" title="Paul Brown">P. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guy_Chamberlin" title="Guy Chamberlin">Chamberlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Conzelman" title="Jimmy Conzelman">Conzelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Coryell" title="Don Coryell">Coryell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Cowher" title="Bill Cowher">Cowher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Dungy" title="Tony Dungy">Dungy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weeb_Ewbank" title="Weeb Ewbank">Ewbank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Flaherty" title="Ray Flaherty">Flaherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Flores" title="Tom Flores">Flores</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Gibbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Gillman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bud_Grant" title="Bud Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)">J. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Landry" title="Tom Landry">Landry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marv_Levy" title="Marv Levy">Levy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Lombardi" title="Vince Lombardi">Lombardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Madden" title="John Madden">Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greasy_Neale" title="Greasy Neale">Neale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Noll" title="Chuck Noll">Noll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Owen_(American_football)" title="Steve Owen (American football)">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Parcells" title="Bill Parcells">Parcells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shula" title="Don Shula">Shula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Stram" title="Hank Stram">Stram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Vermeil" title="Dick Vermeil">Vermeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Walsh_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Walsh (American football coach)">Walsh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Contributors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Beathard" title="Bobby Beathard">Beathard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell" title="Bert Bell">Be. Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bidwill" title="Charles Bidwill">Bidwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Bowlen" title="Pat Bowlen">Bowlen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Brandt" title="Gil Brandt">Brandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Carr" title="Joseph Carr">Carr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Davis" title="Al Davis">A. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._DeBartolo_Jr." title="Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.">DeBartolo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Finks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas" title="George Halas">Halas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Hunt" title="Lamar Hunt">Hunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Jones" title="Jerry Jones">J. Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curly_Lambeau" title="Curly Lambeau">Lambeau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mara" title="Tim Mara">T. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_Mara" title="Wellington Mara">W. Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Preston_Marshall" title="George Preston Marshall">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_McNally" title="Art McNally">A. McNally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nunn_(American_football)" title="Bill Nunn (American football)">Nunn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Polian" title="Bill Polian">Polian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Ray" title="Shorty Ray">Ray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Reeves_(American_football_executive)" title="Dan Reeves (American football executive)">Reeves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Rooney" title="Art Rooney">A. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_M._Rooney" title="Dan M. Rooney">D. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Rozelle" title="Pete Rozelle">Rozelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sabol" title="Ed Sabol">E. Sabol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Sabol" title="Steve Sabol">S. 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