On Friday afternoon, the Detroit Lions’ Director of Football Communications posed a fun challenge to the Lions media on Twitter. Using four example photos of gameday covers from the 1950s, Eamonn Reynolds wanted to know more about the artist behind the mischievous cartoon Lion depicted:
Which Detroit media member do I need to bribe to dig up a research story on the creative genius responsible for these 1950s Lions game program covers? pic.twitter.com/hdcpFnhDSe
— Eamonn Reynolds (@Eamonn_Reynolds) February 18, 2022
The easiest way to identify who drew the covers is by looking for signatures on the work.