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1953 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 8-3-1, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 366 points (30.5/g), 2nd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 236 points (19.7/g), 5th.
Differential of 130 points (10.8/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-3.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 4th.
Coached by Hampton Pool (8-3-1)
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1953 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 | Norm Van Brocklin* | 27 | 4 | 12 | 156 for 286, 2,393 yards, 19 td, 14 int, & 8 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| FB | Dan Towler* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 152 rushes for 879 yards, 7 td, & 11 catches for 125 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 324th pick / 1950 |
| FB | Tank Younger* | 25 | 4 | 0 | 84 rushes for 350 yards, 8 td, & 20 catches for 259 yards and 1 td | |
| LH | Skeets Quinlan | 25 | 1 | 0 | 97 rushes for 705 yards, 4 td, & 17 catches for 260 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 49th pick / 1952 |
| RH | Tom McCormick | 23 | Rook | 0 | 20 rushes for 29 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 72 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 97th pick / 1952 |
| LE | Elroy Hirsch*+ | 30 | 7 | 0 | 61 catches for 941 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -6 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| LT | Bob Fry | 23 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
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| LG | Duane Putnam | 25 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 66th pick / 1952 |
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| C | Leon McLaughlin | 28 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 21st / 193rd pick / 1947 |
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| RG | Dick Daugherty | 24 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
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| RT | Tom Dahms | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RE | Bob Boyd | 25 | 3 | 0 | 24 catches for 548 yards, 4 td | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Larry Brink | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 150th pick / 1948 |
| LDT | Charlie Toogood | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1951 |
| MG | Stan West | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
| RDT | Frank Fuller | 24 | Rook | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 313th pick / 1952 |
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| RDE | Andy Robustelli*+ | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| LLB | Harland Svare | 23 | Rook | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 204th pick / 1953 |
| RLB | Don Paul*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 21st pick / 1947 |
| LDH | Jack Dwyer | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 57th pick / 1951 |
| RDH | Night Train Lane | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Norb Hecker | 26 | 2 | 0 | 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| RS | Herb Rich | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ben Agajanian | 34 | 8 | 0 | 10 of 24 field goals & 36 of 37 extra points | |
| P | Norm Van Brocklin* | 27 | 4 | 12 | 60 punts for a 42.1 average, 0 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| PR | Woodley Lewis | 28 | 3 | 0 | 35 punt returns for a 7.6 average and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| KR | Woodley Lewis | 28 | 3 | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ben Agajanian | 34 | K | 10 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | New Mexico | 8/28/1919 | 8 | |
| Bob Boyd | 25 | E-DB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Loyola Marymount | 3/7/1928 | 3 | |
| Larry Brink | 30 | DE-E | 12 | 0 | 236 | 6-5 | Northern Illinois | 9/12/1923 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 150th pick / 1948 |
| Rudy Bukich | 21 | QB | 8 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Iowa,USC | 3/15/1932 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 24th pick / 1953 |
| Tom Dahms | 26 | T | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-5 | San Diego State | 4/19/1927 | 2 | |
| Dick Daugherty | 24 | G-LB-C | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/31/1929 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
| Jack Dwyer | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Loyola Marymount | 1/15/1927 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 57th pick / 1951 |
| Tom Fears | 30 | E | 8 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Santa Clara,UCLA | 12/3/1923 | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| Neil Ferris | 26 | DB-HB | 5 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Loyola Marymount | 10/31/1927 | 2 | |
| Bob Fry | 23 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 11/11/1930 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
| Frank Fuller | 24 | DT-T-G-C-DE | 9 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 8/8/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 313th pick / 1952 |
| Bob Griffin | 24 | LB-C | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 2/12/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 25th pick / 1952 |
| Norb Hecker | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Baldwin-Wallace | 5/26/1927 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 72nd pick / 1951 |
| Elroy Hirsch*+ | 30 | E-HB-DE | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Michigan,Wisconsin | 6/17/1923 | 7 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| John Hock | 26 | G | 9 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 3/7/1927 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 99th pick / 1950 |
| Night Train Lane | 26 | DB-E | 11 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Western Nebraska Community College-Scottsbluff | 4/16/1927 | 1 | |
| Woodley Lewis | 28 | DB-E | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Oregon | 6/14/1925 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 103rd pick / 1950 |
| Gene Lipscomb | 22 | DT | 2 | 0 | 284 | 6-6 | none | 8/9/1931 | Rook | |
| Tom McCormick | 23 | HB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Pacific | 5/16/1930 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 8th / 97th pick / 1952 |
| Bud McFadin | 25 | DT-DG-LB-G | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas | 8/21/1928 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1951 |
| Leon McLaughlin | 28 | C | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/30/1925 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 21st / 193rd pick / 1947 |
| Brad Myers | 24 | B-E | 12 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Bucknell | 2/14/1929 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 108th pick / 1953 |
| Don Paul*+ | 28 | LB-MG-C | 10 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | UCLA | 3/18/1925 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 21st pick / 1947 |
| Duane Putnam | 25 | G | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6-0 | Pacific | 9/5/1928 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 66th pick / 1952 |
| Skeets Quinlan | 25 | HB | 12 | 0 | 173 | 5-11 | San Diego State,TCU | 6/22/1928 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 49th pick / 1952 |
| Herb Rich | 25 | DB | 7 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 10/7/1928 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 67th pick / 1950 |
| Andy Robustelli*+ | 28 | DE | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Arnold | 12/6/1925 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1951 |
| Vitamin Smith | 30 | HB | 11 | 0 | 179 | 5-8 | Abilene Christian | 10/30/1923 | 4 | |
| Harland Svare | 23 | LB-TB | 10 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Washington State | 11/15/1930 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 17th / 204th pick / 1953 |
| Len Teeuws | 26 | DT-T | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-5 | Tulane | 4/19/1927 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 301st pick / 1952 |
| Harry Thompson | 27 | G | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | UCLA | 1/8/1926 | 3 | |
| Charlie Toogood | 26 | DT-T-G | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1951 |
| Dan Towler* | 25 | FB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington & Jefferson | 3/6/1928 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 25th / 324th pick / 1950 |
| Norm Van Brocklin* | 27 | QB | 12 | 12 | 190 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/15/1926 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| Stan West | 27 | DG-G-C | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 9/22/1926 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 1950 |
| Tank Younger* | 25 | FB-LB-HB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 6/25/1928 | 4 | |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 12 | 215.2 | 6-1.5 | 2.3 |