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1951 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 1st in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary
1951 NFL Champions
Scored 392 points (32.7/g), 1st of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 261 points (21.8/g), 6th.
Differential of 131 points (10.9/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 8.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.7/g), 9th.
Coached by Joe Stydahar (8-4-0)
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1951 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bob Waterfield* | 31 | 6 | 10 | 88 for 176, 1,566 yards, 13 td, 10 int, & 9 rushes for 49 yards and 3 td | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| QB | Norm Van Brocklin* | 25 | 2 | 2 | 100 for 194, 1,725 yards, 13 td, 11 int, & 7 rushes for 2 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| FB | Dick Hoerner | 29 | 4 | 0 | 94 rushes for 569 yards, 6 td, & 8 catches for 102 yards and 1 td | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 169th pick / 1945 |
| FB | Dan Towler* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 126 rushes for 854 yards, 6 td, & 16 catches for 257 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 324th pick / 1950 |
| LH | Jerry Williams | 28 | 2 | 0 | 21 rushes for 106 yards, 2 td, & 5 catches for 49 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 63rd pick / 1949 |
| RH | Vitamin Smith | 28 | 2 | 0 | 52 rushes for 143 yards, 1 td, & 16 catches for 278 yards and 1 td | |
| LE | Tom Fears | 28 | 3 | 0 | 32 catches for 528 yards, 3 td | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| LT | Don Simensen | 25 | Rook | 0 | ||
| LG | Dick Daugherty | 22 | Rook | 0 | 4 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
| C | Leon McLaughlin | 26 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 21st / 193rd pick / 1947 |
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| RG | Bill Lange | 23 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 389th pick / 1950 |
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| RT | Tom Dahms | 24 | Rook | 0 | ||
| RE | Elroy Hirsch*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 66 catches for 1,495 yards, 17 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Larry Brink*+ | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 150th pick / 1948 |
| LDT | Jim Winkler | 24 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1949 |
| MG | Stan West* | 25 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
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| RDT | Jack Halliday | 23 | Rook | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 54th pick / 1950 |
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| RDE | Andy Robustelli | 26 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| LLB | Don Paul* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 21st pick / 1947 |
| RLB | Tank Younger*+ | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDH | Jerry Williams | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 63rd pick / 1949 |
| RDH | Woodley Lewis | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| LS | Norb Hecker | 24 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| RS | Herb Rich | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Waterfield* | 31 | 6 | 10 | 13 of 23 field goals & 41 of 43 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| P | Norm Van Brocklin* | 25 | 2 | 2 | 48 punts for a 41.5 average, 1 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| PR | Glenn Davis | 27 | 1 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 5.7 average and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 1947 |
| KR | Vitamin Smith | 28 | 2 | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 18.3 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Bob Boyd | 23 | E-DB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Loyola Marymount | 3/7/1928 | 1 | |
| Larry Brink*+ | 28 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 236 | 6-5 | Northern Illinois | 9/12/1923 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 150th pick / 1948 |
| Bobby Collier | 22 | T-DT | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | SMU | 12/11/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 233rd pick / 1950 |
| Tom Dahms | 24 | T | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-5 | San Diego State | 4/19/1927 | Rook | |
| Dick Daugherty | 22 | G-LB-C | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/31/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
| Glenn Davis | 27 | HB | 11 | 0 | 172 | 5-9 | Army,Cal Poly-Pomona | 12/26/1924 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 2nd pick / 1947 |
| Tom Fears | 28 | E | 7 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Santa Clara,UCLA | 12/3/1923 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| Jack Finlay | 30 | G-LB | 9 | 0 | 217 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/8/1921 | 4 | |
| Jack Halliday | 23 | T | 11 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | SMU | 6/5/1928 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 54th pick / 1950 |
| Norb Hecker | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Baldwin-Wallace | 5/26/1927 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| Elroy Hirsch*+ | 28 | E-HB-DE | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Michigan,Wisconsin | 6/17/1923 | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| Dick Hoerner | 29 | FB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Iowa | 7/25/1922 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 169th pick / 1945 |
| Marvin Johnson | 24 | DB-HB | 9 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 4/13/1927 | Rook | |
| Tommy Kalmanir | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 171 | 5-8 | Nevada-Reno,Pittsburgh | 3/30/1926 | 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 25th / 229th pick / 1947 |
| Tom Keane | 25 | DB-E | 10 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | Ohio State,West Virginia | 9/7/1926 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 18th pick / 1948 |
| Bill Lange | 23 | G-LB | 12 | 0 | 239 | 6-1 | Dayton | 1/12/1928 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 30th / 389th pick / 1950 |
| Woodley Lewis | 26 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon | 6/14/1925 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| Leon McLaughlin | 26 | C | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/30/1925 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 21st / 193rd pick / 1947 |
| Don Paul* | 26 | LB-MG-C | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | UCLA | 3/18/1925 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 21st pick / 1947 |
| Joe Reid | 22 | LB-C-DG | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | LSU | 3/18/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 13th / 156th pick / 1951 |
| Herb Rich | 23 | DB | 7 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/7/1928 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Andy Robustelli | 26 | DE | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Arnold | 12/6/1925 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| Don Simensen | 25 | T | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | St. Thomas | 9/11/1926 | Rook | |
| Vitamin Smith | 28 | HB | 12 | 0 | 179 | 5-8 | Abilene Christian | 10/30/1923 | 2 | |
| Harry Thompson | 25 | G | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | UCLA | 1/8/1926 | 1 | |
| Charlie Toogood | 24 | DT-T-G | 8 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1951 |
| Dan Towler* | 23 | FB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington & Jefferson | 3/6/1928 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 324th pick / 1950 |
| Norm Van Brocklin* | 25 | QB | 12 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/15/1926 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| Bob Waterfield* | 31 | QB | 11 | 10 | 200 | 6-1 | UCLA | 7/26/1920 | 6 | Cleveland Rams / 5th / 42nd pick / 1944 |
| Stan West* | 25 | DG-G-C | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 9/22/1926 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
| Jerry Williams | 28 | DB-HB | 10 | 0 | 175 | 5-10 | Idaho,Washington State | 11/1/1923 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 63rd pick / 1949 |
| Jim Winkler | 24 | DT-G | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 7/21/1927 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 27th pick / 1949 |
| Tank Younger*+ | 23 | FB-LB-HB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 6/25/1928 | 2 | |
| Jack Zilly | 30 | DE-E | 4 | 0 | 212 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 11/11/1921 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 4th / 32nd pick / 1945 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 12 | 211.9 | 6-1.2 | 1.5 |