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Is Curse of Bobby Layne real? 1957 Detroit Lions say team's jinxed

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Do you believe in the Curse of Bobby Layne?

It didn’t take long for Roger Zatkoff to answer.

“Yes,” the former Detroit Lions linebacker said, sitting among a gathering of teammates who won the 1957 NFL world championship.

At a roundtable discussion the Detroit Free Press hosted July 26 at Andiamo Italian restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Zatkoff joined linebacker Joe Schmidt, receivers Dorne Dibble and Steve Junker, defensive end Gene Cronin and former assistant general manager Bud Erickson to discuss the curse and other topics for the 60th anniversary of the team’s last championship.