page_title: 1954 NFL Championship Game
section_title: Detroit Lions
hierarchical_section_title: 1954 NFL Championship Game / Starters / Detroit Lions
caption_attribution_description: Title: Doak Walker practicing Creator: Laughead Photographers Date: 1948 Place: Dallas, Texas Physical Description: 1 photographic print: gelatin silver; 25.3 x 20.5 cm. File: athl_1948_Doakpracticing_07-406_opt.tif Rights: Please cite SMU Archives, Southern Methodist University when using this file. For more information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. For more information, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bim/id/39 View Southern Methodist University Campus Memories digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/bim/
context_page_description: The 1954 National Football League championship game was the league's 22nd annual championship game, held on December 26 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. Billed as the "1954 World Professional Football Championship Game," the turnover-plagued contest was won by the Cleveland Browns, who defeated the Detroit Lions 56 to 10.
context_section_description: Dorne Dibble, LE
  Lou Creekmur, LT
  Harley Sewell, LG
  Andy Miketa, C
  "Jungle Jim" Martin, RG
  Charles Ane, RT
  Earl "Jug" Girard, RE
  Bobby Layne, QB
  Doak Walker, LHB
  Lewis Carpenter, RHB
  Bill Bowman, FB
  Note: Players often played both offense and defense in this period. Although free substitution existed from 1943, what are today considered defensive starters were categorized as "substitutes" in this era.
caption: Detroit Left halfback Doak Walker is the namesake of the annual award presented to the best running back in college football.
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