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Date 1930 - present
Headquarters Detroit
Areas Of Involvement American football
Related People Matthew Stafford • Adrian Peterson • Dick Lane • Barry Sanders • Byron R. White

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Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions, wearing a white and blue uniform and helmet, holds a football and prepares to throw during pregame warmups at AT&T Stadium.
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Barry Sanders, wearing a Detroit Lions helmet and jersey number 20, looks toward the camera on the sidelines during a football game.
Amon-Ra St. Brown of the Detroit Lions catches a touchdown pass in the end zone as Zyon McCollum of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defends during an NFL playoff game at Ford Field.
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