Greg Landry, Lions great and former NFL coach, dies at 77

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Greg Landry, for a long time NFL Quarterback and former assistant coach with the Detroit Lions, has died at age 77, the team announced Friday.

No official cause of death has been released.

Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry looks for Chuck Walton somewhere on the field during a game against the Oakland Raiders in Detroit on November 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.

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Landry played the majority of his NFL career with the Lions from 1968, when he was drafted with the 11th overall pick, until 1978. He was traded to the Colts and played three more years before moving to the USFL.

He returned to the NFL in 1984, where he played one more season with the team. Chicago Bear before officially retiring.

Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback, during NFL training camp in Allen Park, Michigan, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)

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Landry threw for 16,052 yards and 98 touchdowns, but he was best known as one of the league’s best quarterbacks with 2,600 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns.

He was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 1976. Landry eventually returned to the Lions as coach in 1995 and was the Bears’ offensive coordinator when they won the Super Bowl in 1986.

Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry (11) in action against the New York Jets at Tiger Stadium. (Dick Raphael/USA Today Sports)

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Landry also left his mark at UMass as one of the program’s greatest quarterbacks. He led the team in both rushing and scoring for two seasons and led the university in two Yankee Conference Bean Pot victories.

He was inducted into the UMass Athletics Hall of Fame in 1980.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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