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Feb 1, 2002 · Night Train Lane, a fearsome tackler who was perhaps the finest cornerback in pro football history, died Tuesday in Austin, Tex., his hometown. He was 73. The cause was a heart attack, his son ...
Defensive back Dick "Night Train" Lane (1928–2002) overcame a rough-and-tumble upbringing to make the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As a rookie in 1952, Lane set the National Football League (NFL) record for interceptions in a season, with 14. Though the NFL later expanded its schedule to 16 games from 12, the record still stood as of 2006.
Aug 17, 2021. Richard “Night Train” Lane was born in Austin, Texas in 1927. Abandoned by his birth mother, he was taken in by a woman named Ella Lane who was walking home that evening and heard what she thought was a cat. When she saw the baby boy, she took him home and adopted him. Growing up, he played football with the kids in his ...
Dick Lane, who was known as Night Train Lane, holds the NFL’s single-season record for interceptions, with 14 – and he remarkably accomplished the feat in 1952, when seasons were just 12 games ...
Jan 31, 2002 · Jan. 31, 2002 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Dick “Night Train” Lane, a pro football Hall of Fame defensive back who had a record-setting rookie season for the Los Angeles Rams in 1952, has ...
