History of the Detroit Lions that feat was Buddy Parker, in 1952–53 during his second and third seasons at the helm. In 1997, Barry Sanders ran for 2,053 rushing yards. At the time, his career total rushing 15,269 yards was second only to Walter Payton's 16,726 yards and he joined Jim Brown as the only players among the NFL's 50 all-time rushing leaders to average 5 yards a carry, but he retired abruptly after the 1998 season. Emmitt Smith has since broken Payton's record, accumulating 18,355 career rushing yards, which bumped down Sanders to the #3 spot on the list of total career rushing yards.
Wadan Yards option for Wadan Yards on a 21.3-percent holding in the Finnish technology company Aker Arctic, in which STX Europe previously (as of 2008) held 71.4 %. The holding company, Wadan Yards Group AS, was based in Oslo. On 5 June 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy. In the course of the insolvency proceedings, the shipyards in Wismar and Warnemünde were acquired by Nordic Yards. On 5 June 2009, the German parts of the company (Wadan Yards MTW GmbH, Wadan Yards Warnow GmbH, Wadan Yards Warnow Real Estate GmbH, Wadan Yards LNG Technology GmbH, Wadan Yards MTW Real Estate GmbH) filed