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Dick Lane (other)
Dick Lane may refer to: Sportspeople * Night Train Lane (1927–2002), American football player * Dick Lane (baseball) (1927–2018), American baseball player * Dick Lane (pool player), pocket billiards player Other people * Richard Douglas Lane (1936–2002), known as Dick Lane, scholar, author, collector and dealer in Japanese art * Dick Lane (announcer) (1899–1982), television announcer * Dick Lane (American politician) (1927–2015) See also * Dick Lane Velodrome, Atlanta * Richard Lane (other) {{hndis, Lane, Dick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Train Lane
Richard Lane (April 16, 1928 – January 29, 2002), commonly known as Dick "Night Train" Lane, was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for 14 years in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Los Angeles Rams ( 1952–1953), Chicago Cardinals (1954–1959), and Detroit Lions (1960–1965). As a rookie in 1952, Lane had 14 interceptions, a mark that remains a NFL record 70 years later. He played in the Pro Bowl seven times and was selected as a first-team All-Pro player seven times between 1956 and 1963. His 68 career interceptions ranked second in NFL history at the time of his retirement and still ranks fourth in NFL history. He was also known as one of the most ferocious tacklers in NFL history and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He was named to the National Football League 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1969, named to the 75th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1994 and unanimously named to the National Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
