Sports Former Detroit Lions free safety, specials teams player Tommy Vaughn dies at 77 July 6, 2020Elaine Sung, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Former Detroit Lions free safety, specials teams player Tommy Vaughn dies at 77 Tommy Vaughn, who died Sunday at 77, was a two-way player at Iowa State, drafted in the fifth round and played with the Detroit Lions from 1965-1971.