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Team
scored 466 points
Average
38.3 points per game, in a 12 regular season game
First team
to have all the games televised
Team set
22 league records
Hall of Famers Bob
Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin teamed up at quarterback.
Hall of Famers Tom Fears
and Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch did the receiving. Bob Boyd also did the receiving.
The "Bull Elephant
Backfield" of Tank Younger, Deacon Dan Towler and Dick Hoerner did the running.
Glenn Davis was leading rusher. Younger said, "The Rams were introducing the
bomb to pro football, so the running game often got overshadowed."
Other stars included
linemen Don Paul and Hall of Famer Andy Robustelli and backs V.T. Smith, Tom Kalmanir, and
Skeet Quinlan.
Bob Waterfield and Dan
Towler both had 3 All-Pro Seasons.
- Note: Elroy Hirsch was called
"Crazylegs" by a Chicago Tribune writer, because Hirsch said, "I ran like a
girl."
- Now Verda Smith became
"Vitamin T" because Los Angeles Times writer Frank Finch didn't like the name
Verda. So he was called V.T. Smith.
- Now Paul Younger became
"Tank" because of his undergraduate days at Grambling.
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NFL
All-Decade Teams:
1940 Bob Waterfield
1950's Tom Fears, Elroy Hirsch and
Norm Van Brocklin |
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These
players below received Rams award called:
Most Inspirational Player Award
1951-Elroy Hirsch , 1954-Norm Van
Brocklin and 1955-Tom Fears
This award no longer exist.
A
"quote" from Tank Younger:
"The game was more fun back
then," says Younger. "There's no question the guys enjoyed playing a
helluva lot more. We weren't making great big money back then [top players such as
Hirsch earned about $12,000 a year] so there were no outside distractions like looking at
the Wall Street Journal.
" Football is more
sophisticated now," adds Younger. "The fans, coaches, and players are all a
little bit more knowledgeable. The game is more enjoyable to watch today.
"But I wouldn't trade my
memories of those days for all the money these players make today." |
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