Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Greg Landry, a longtime NFL quarterback and former Detroit Lions assistant coach, has died at 77, the team announced Friday.
No official cause of death was released. Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry looks for Chuck Walton somewhere downfield during a game against the Oakland Raiders in Detroit Nov.
26, 1970. (AP Photo/JMC, File) "We join the NFL community in mourning the loss of former Lions quarterback and coach Greg Landry," the Lions said. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Landry played the majority of his NFL career with the Lions from 1968, when he was drafted with the No.
11 overall pick, until 1978. He was traded to the Colts and played three more years before moving on to the USFL. He returned to the NFL in 1984, where he played one more season with the Chicago Bears before officially retiring.