Count-Down Continues, Jersey #57

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Starting today with the Oldies! LB/MG/C - Don Paul:

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Don played for us from 1948-1955, 8 seasons
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He Played all 3 LB positions, and was MEAN at them all!
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(I don't know who this opposing player is, do you?)
Don was a 3 time Pro-Bowler, '51-'52-'53, and an All Pro in 1953

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He also Coached for us!

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This was our Starting Offence in 1950 ( Just thought I'd through this in here!)

Next OT/DT Bobby Cross:

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Cross Played for us in 1955 and also wore #73


Next LB Bill Jobco:

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He Plated for us from 1958-1962, He had (5) Fumble recoveries in 1959


Next up MLB - Doug Woodlief:

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Doug Played 5 Seasons for us fro 1965-1969

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Here you see Doug giving an assist to Deacon Going after Tarkington! ( Deacon always said he ALWAYS went after Tark with the intention of ending his career!)


Next, a Man I liked when he played for us, LB Thomas Homco:

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This is the Only Photo I could find of him even though he Played for us from 1993-1996, 4 seasons in L.A. and St. Louis!


And Next LB Chris Chamberlain:

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He Played for us in the 'Dark Days' 2008-2011

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But he had his moments!
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OK! I have to re load, your Turn!!!
 
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I found this great picture of #57 Don Paul (he’s the one blocked out) helping lift head coach Sid Gillman after the RAMS won the 1955 Western Conference Championship beating the Green Bay Packers 31 -17.

Sadly they went on to lose the NFL Championship to the Cleveland Browns 38 – 14 on their home field, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of 85,693 fans.

The great Norm Van Brocklin threw 6 interceptions in that game and ironically one was taken back 65 yards for a TD by a guy on Cleveland also named Don Paul! o_O

I love this nostalgic stuff!

@DaveFan’51 do you have any memories of the 55 season?


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I wanted to start fresh with my last Player!!He mostly wore #91, But he did wear Jersey #57 to Start his career with us! DE Leonard Little: (I know I covered him a lot at 91 but He deserves another Look!)

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Forget his Off field issues, for a moment!

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He was Great to watch Play

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An intense Player
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And there is no denying what he brought to the game for the Team!

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Alright bring on those Gifs and comments!!
 
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I found a few more of the rookie LB Leonard Little in his #57 jersey.

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T-REX said:
I found this great picture of #57 Don Paul (he’s the one blocked out) helping lift head coach Sid Gillman after the RAMS won the 1955 Western Conference Championship beating the Green Bay Packers 31 -17.

Sadly they went on to lose the NFL Championship to the Cleveland Browns 38 – 14 on their home field, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in front of 85,693 fans.

The great Norm Van Brocklin threw 6 interceptions in that game and ironically one was taken back 65 yards for a TD by a guy on Cleveland also named Don Paul! o_O

I love this nostalgic stuff!

@DaveFan’51 do you have any memories of the 55 season?


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To be Honest I'd have to go through some starts to jog my memory! But!!

Two things stand out to me in the Championship game:
* Former Rams Player, Don Paul, Intercepted VanBrocklin and Ran it back 65 yards for a Td!!
* And VanBrocklin threw a 67 yard BOMB to Skeets Quinlan for his ONLY Td pass of the game!
I hope that satisfies your taste buds for now!:D
 
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T-REX said:
* Former Rams Player, Don Paul, Intercepted VanBrocklin and Ran it back 65 yards for a Td!!

I thought it was the same guy also, but using Pro-Football Reference
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/ram/
they turn out to be two different guys with the same name playing in the Championship.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaulDo00.htm

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PaulDo01.htm

That's why I was confused and shocked. Pretty strange!
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Thanks for correcting me! I just read it, and thought I'd put it out their! I really thought it was the same guy!
 
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DaveFan'51 said:
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(I don't know who this opposing player is, do you?)
Don was a 3 time Pro-Bowler, '51-'52-'53, and an All Pro in 1953
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(I don't know who this opposing player is, do you?)
Joe Perry 49ers FB 1948-1960
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He would later go on to become the lead guitarist of Aerosmith ;) :LOL:


Joe Perry!
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I love the photo of the starting offense from 1950. Those teams from '49 - '51 bore a remarkable resemblance to the '99 -01 teams. Even the 73 yard TD from Warner to Bruce for the winning score echoed Van Brocklin to Fears 73 yard TD to win the '51 championship.
 
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I love the photo of the starting offense from 1950. Those teams from '49 - '51 bore a remarkable resemblance to the '99 -01 teams. Even the 73 yard TD from Warner to Bruce for the winning score echoed Van Brocklin to Fears 73 yard TD to win the '51 championship.
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If you liked that photo, Check out tomorrow's edition! I got another good one for you!!:D
 
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I found 4 more player photos toad in!!
* LB Jim Peterson - 1974-75
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(OK! Not much in the way of photos!)
In his 2 seasons with the Rams he played in 28 games and had 1 FR, which he made the Best of, he ran it back 67 Yds. for a TD!

* MLB - Trev Faulk - 2004-2005
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"No, He was no relation to Marshall!"
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He played in 29 games and had 1 FF / 63 TKL's and 17 Assists.

* LB - Mike Reilly - 1982
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He only played in 9 games for the Rams, No stats!, and later became a Coach of some kind at Kentucky.

LB - O.J. Brigance 2001-2002
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He played in 21 games for us and had 15 TKL's and 4 Assists.

OK! Again, not much in the way of photos on these Players, But they made it to the NFL so they deserve their due Credit!
 
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Just a few more tid-bits on some of these Players:
* LB Don Paul -1948-1955
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Went to 3 Pro Bowls and in his 8 seasons with the Rams played in 87 games where he had 11 INT's for 173 Yards / with a long of 32Yds. and he had 6 FR's.

LOT/DT - Bobby Cross - 1954-1955 ( He also wore #73)
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Played in 24 games and had 2 FR's.

* LB - Bill Jobko - 1958-1962
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In his 5 seasons as a Ram he played in 57 games and had 3 INT's for a total of 23 Yds. and 9 FR's.

* LB - Thomas Homco - 1993-1996
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In his 4 seasons with the Rams, 2 in L.A. and 2 in St. Louis, he played in 45 games and had 1 INT and 1 FF W/ 41 TKL's and 2 Assists.

* LB Chris Chamberlain - 2008-2011
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He wasn't too bad, considering the Team he had to play on! In his 4 seasons he played in 59 games and had 1 INT / 3 Passes Defended / 2 FF's / 2 sacks and 78 TKL's and 25 Assists.

* DE - Leonard Little - 1998-2009
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Yah! Yah! I know he Mostly wore # 91 But He was/is one of our TOP 5 DE's of All-Time! And don't forget it!!
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In his 12 seasons as a Ram he played in 147 games and really racked-up some stats! Not to mention opposing QB's of the 'Elite Status!!

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He had 2 INT's for 64 Yds. and a TD / w/ a long of 36 Yds. Plus 13 Passes Defended / 31 FF's / 9 FR's for 66 Yds. and 2 TD's and he had 87.5 career sacks w/ 310 Tackles and 54 Assists!!
Yes I put him in my TOP 5 DE's of all Time, on the Rams!
1) Deacon Jones
2) Jack Youngblood
3) Kevin Greene
4) Leonard Little
5) Grant Wistrom
 
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One of the newly-drafted players we haven't discussed much is #57, John Franklin-Myers. It will be interesting to see where coach Wade plugs JFM into his Ram killing machine.
 
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