Dick "Night Train" Lane of the Detroit Lions in an undated photo. (National Football League)

Dick "Night Train" Lane of the Detroit Lions in a undated photo. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame cornerback Dick ( Night Train ) Lane poses at the Chicago Cardinals training camp in 1953. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame defensive back Dick "Night Train" Lane of the Chicago Cardinals. (National Football League)

Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame defensive back Dick "Night Train" Lane levels a devastating block on Green Bay Packers end Bob Mann (87) to help spring Rams back Woodley Lewis (20) during a 38-20 Rams victory on October 11, 1953, at Milwaukee County Stadium. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame defensive back Dick "Night Train" Lane of the Chicago Cardinals circa the mid- to late-1950s. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame defensive back Dick "Night Train" Lane of the Detroit Lions. (National Football League)

End Dick "Night Train" Lane, of the Chicago Cardinals, pulls down Halfback Ed Sutton, (30) of the Washington Redskins, after a three-yard gain in the fourth quarter, Oct. 11, 1959. Closing in the play at right is Cardinal Halfback Jerry Norton (25). Washington defeated Chicago 23-14. (AP Photo)

Pittsburgh Steeler back Tom Barnett (43) eludes attempted tackle by Chicago Cardinals back Dick Lane (81), right foreground as he rambles for 12 yards in first period at Soldier Field, Chicago, Nov 1, 1959. Other Cardinals chasing his are end Leo Sugar (84) and back Jerry Norton (25). Other steelers are guard Ted Karras (61) and end Pete Brewster. Cardinals won 45 to 24. (AP Photo)

Dick Lane of the Detroit Lions leaves the field at Briggs Stadium after intercepting a Johnny Unitas pass in closing minutes of game and racing 80 yards for and insurance touchdown, Oct. 23, 1960, Detroit, Mich. Detroit upset the Baltimore Colts 30-17. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup)

Detroit Lions backfield Dick Night Train Lane, shown, Aug. 27, 1961. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup)

Three members of the Detroit Lions who played key roles in the club's 17-13 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League opener at Milwaukee County Stadium smile happily in the clubhouse after the game on Sept. 27, 1961. Left to right, quarterback Earl Morrall, who pitched a touchdown pass; Dick Lane, who snuffed out a late Green Bay threat with a pass interception, and Nick Pietrosante, who scored two touchdowns. (AP Photo)

Dick (Night Train) Lane, Detroit Lions defensive end, leaping high to beat down a looping Baltimore Colts pass intended for Jimmy Orr (28) at the goal line on Dec. 3, 1962 in Detroit. With fourth down for the Colts and 11 seconds of play remaining in the game, it proved to be the play that brought the Detroit Lions a 21-14 victory. (AP Photo)

Center Jerry Archer (58), left, defensive halfback Dick Lane (81), and center Bob Whitelow (51), right, pose at the Detroit Lions Professional Football team's training camp in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., July 29, 1963. (AP Photo/Alvin Quinn)