Bobby Layne was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 1967. Layne was also an inaugural member of the Steelers Hall of Honor as a member of the Class of 2017. Layne was ...

Amid the preparations, the Steelers took to social media to honor and remember Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne on his birthday.

Keenist has been there for 35 of those seasons, which can be traced back to 1959 and the curse of Bobby Layne. Layne was the Lions quarterback who was traded to the then-struggling Steelers.

This brings us to the Curse of Bobby Layne. Back in 1958, the Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers, and an angry Layne allegedly declared the Lions wouldn't win a title for 50 years.

The Lions traded Layne to the Pittsburgh Steelers early in the 1958 season, when legend has it Layne cursed the team to bad luck.

The next year, they traded Layne to the Steelers. Though there is no written proof, urban legend persists that Layne declared the Lions would not win for the next 50 years because of his trade.

The Detroit Lions have only won a single playoff game since former quarterback Bobby Layne was traded and allegedly cursed the team in 1958.