Greg Landry, former Pro Bowl quarterback and coach, dies at 77

Greg Landry, who made a Pro Bowl in the NFL before working as an assistant coach at both the professional and college levels, has died. He was 77.

The Detroit Lions announced his passing Friday. Landry spent most of his career with the franchise, which drafted him in the first round of the 1968 NFL Draft. He made the 1971 Pro Bowl and earned First Team All-Pro honors, but injuries got in the way from there.

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However, in 1976, Landry earned the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award after an impressive bounce-back season. He also spent time with the Baltimore Colts and, after two years in the USFL, ended his career with the Chicago Bears in 1984.

After his playing career ended, Landry got into coaching. He started out as the Cleveland Browns’ quarterbacks coach in 1985 before joining the Bears’ staff in 1986. He spent six years in Chicago before two years with Illinois and two seasons on the Lions’ staff from 1995-96.

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