 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: Ni ọdun 1953, awọn Lions gba ife ẹyẹ NFL wọn keji lẹsẹsẹ, botilẹjẹpe awọn iṣiro gbigba Box dinku ni pataki pẹlu gbigba 16 nikan fun awọn yọọdu 403. O ni o ni iroyin ti a ti ji ti rẹ blindling iyara nipa a ẹsẹ ọgbẹ, biotilejepe o se agbekale a ise-igba pipẹ 97-yard touchdown gbigba lodi si awọn Green Bay Packers on Thanksgiving Day 1953 eyi ti yoo wa ni a Lions igbasilẹ titi 1998. Nínú : Ní ọdún 1953 NFL Championship Game, ó gba ẹbùn mẹrin fún 54 yards. 