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As a rookie Dick "Night Train" Lane set and still holds the single season INT record with how many?


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Note: This may be the last one until after Christmas as I will be traveling. And just for fun, we're going to stay with the great Night Train.

I will try to keep up on these. It may not be daily and I will also probably be posting some trivia from the NFL as a whole. Good luck and have fun.

Note: These questions will change almost daily. I will unsticky them as soon as I post the answer.

OK so here is the deal. Years ago I found an LA Rams Trivia Game in a Goodwill. I pretty much bought it as a piece of memorabilia. Now with the Rams moving back, I thought it might make for a fun game for some of us old timers. Odd thing is that about 70% of the questions have nothing to do with the Rams.

So here is what I will do. I will post the questions that are Rams related and let you guys answer. I will then post the answers the next day. These are not easy questions as far as I can tell but maybe the memory function of my brain has been compromised.
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There is only basically one rule. No search engines or internet sites to look up answers that you will post later. I realize some will still look up the answers. I know I would if I didn't have the cards. But I want to see how many out there actually know the answers. So if you do feel like looking them up on the internet, feel free.

And if you know the answer, don't post it. Comment all you want.

Now - keep in mind. I said the internet is off limits. But if you have books, magazines, football cards, etc... feel free to use them. That may seem hypocritical but it's about time some of us got some use out of all that stuff we've bought over the years.

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I refuse to take part seeing as tho the last question was locked and not allowing my rebuttal

so I'll post it here :

Jimmy Forrest did put his version to vinyl...in 1951..released in March of 52 and reached #1 on the charts in the same year. Morrow recorded his version in 1952 ... so who are we to know what version Tom Fears was playing?
 

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so I'll post it here :

Jimmy Forrest did put his version to vinyl...in 1951..released in March of 52 and reached #1 on the charts in the same year. Morrow recorded his version in 1952 … so who are we to know what version Tom Fears was playing?
You're right on the first part but as to the second part? Cuz the Trivia Game said so - soooooo....
 

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Well...right on the Night Train song, wrong on this one. Can't win 'em all, I guess?
 

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You're right on the first part but as to the second part? Cuz the Trivia Game said so - soooooo....



Only reason why I know this is because I used to play the sax in HS...wasnt good at it tho. One of our assigments in music was to pick a song, do a report on the history behind it, and play it... my grandfather picked this song out..he loved the Louis Prima version
 

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According to Wikipedia:

Lane acquired the nickname "Night Train" during his first training camp with the Rams. Teammate Tom Fears had a record player in his room and frequently played the record, "Night Train", by Jimmy Forrest. The record was released in March 1952 and was the #1 R&B hit for seven weeks.[14][13] According to an account published by the Los Angeles Times in August 1952, "Whenever Fears plays it Lane can be found in the hall outside Tom's room dancing to the music."[14] Lane was initially uncomfortable with the racial implication of the nickname, which had been bestowed on him by his white teammates, but he embraced it after a newspaper reported on his performance against Washington Redskins star Choo Choo Justice with the headline, "Night Train Derails Choo Choo"
 

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According to Wikipedia:

Lane acquired the nickname "Night Train" during his first training camp with the Rams. Teammate Tom Fears had a record player in his room and frequently played the record, "Night Train", by Jimmy Forrest. The record was released in March 1952 and was the #1 R&B hit for seven weeks.[14][13] According to an account published by the Los Angeles Times in August 1952, "Whenever Fears plays it Lane can be found in the hall outside Tom's room dancing to the music."[14] Lane was initially uncomfortable with the racial implication of the nickname, which had been bestowed on him by his white teammates, but he embraced it after a newspaper reported on his performance against Washington Redskins star Choo Choo Justice with the headline, "Night Train Derails Choo Choo"
Again - this is from the official LA Rams Trivia Game so.....

View: https://youtu.be/kD-AXgYO0lo
Moving on....
 

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obviously the latest question is too easy and people are bored


entertain us dammit !!!!
 

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Well... most of you got this one right. Dick "Night Train" Lane racked up an amazing 14 INTs during his rookie year way back in 1952. To this day, even in the pass happy NFL, that number has never been eclipsed.
 
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