Detroit Lions

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NFL team professional American football team

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan, competing in the National Football League and known for their long history and passionate fan base.

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL team ⓘ
professional American football team ⓘ
city Detroit ⓘ
conference NFC ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
division NFC North ⓘ
divisionTitles multiple ⓘ
fanBase known for loyalty ⓘ
formerHomeStadium Silverdome ⓘ
surface form: Pontiac Silverdome

Tiger Stadium ⓘ
formerName Portsmouth Spartans ⓘ
founded 1930 ⓘ
generalManager Brad Holmes ⓘ
headCoach Dan Campbell ⓘ
homeStadium Ford Field ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
leagueChampionshipsPreSuperBowlEra 4 ⓘ
location Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
mascot Roary the Lion ⓘ
NFLChampionshipSeason 1935 ⓘ
1952 ⓘ
1953 ⓘ
1957 ⓘ
notablePlayer Alex Karras ⓘ
Barry Sanders ⓘ
Bobby Layne ⓘ
Calvin Johnson ⓘ
Doak Walker ⓘ
owner Sheila Ford Hamp ⓘ
playIn NFC North ⓘ
surface form: NFC North Division
president Rod Wood ⓘ
principalOwnerFamily Ford family (controlling shareholders) ⓘ
surface form: Ford family
relocatedFrom Portsmouth, Ohio ⓘ
relocationYear 1934 ⓘ
retiredNumber 20 ⓘ
22 ⓘ
37 ⓘ
56 ⓘ
7 ⓘ
85 ⓘ
rival Chicago Bears ⓘ
Green Bay Packers ⓘ
Minnesota Vikings ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
superBowlAppearances 0 ⓘ
teamColors Honolulu blue ⓘ
black ⓘ
silver ⓘ
white ⓘ
thanksgivingDayGameTradition since 1934 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mike Martz → NFLTeamCoached → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Bill Belichick → assistantCoachFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Detroit Pistons → cityRival → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Detroit Tigers → cityRival → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Aidan Hutchinson → debutTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Aidan Hutchinson → draftedBy → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Joey Harrington → draftedBy → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Kevin Warren → employer → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Lloyd Carr → employer → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Teryl Austin → employer → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Pontiac, Michigan → formerNFLTeamHost → Detroit Lions ⓘ
NFC North → hasHistoricFranchises → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Wayne County → hasMajorSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
The D → hasProfessionalSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
subject surface form: Detroit
Detroit → hasProfessionalTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Minnesota Vikings → hasRival → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Metro Detroit → hasSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
NFC → hasTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
NFC North → hasTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
National Football Conference → hasTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Aidan Hutchinson → memberOfSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Jim Harbaugh → memberOfSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Joey Harrington → memberOfSportsTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Chicago Bears → notableRival → Detroit Lions ⓘ
William Clay Ford Sr. → owned → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Byron R. White → playedFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Earl Morrall → playedFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Jared Goff → playedFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Jim Harbaugh → playedFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Desmond Howard → playedForTeam → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Aidan Hutchinson → playsFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Jared Goff → playsFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Joey Harrington → playsFor → Detroit Lions ⓘ
Green Bay Packers → rival → Detroit Lions ⓘ