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1956 Los Angeles Rams
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Record: 4-8-0, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 291 points (24.2/g), 3rd of 12 in the NFL.
Allowed 307 points (25.6/g), 10th.
Differential of -16 points (-1.3/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.7/g), 12th.
Coached by Sid Gillman (4-8-0)
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1956 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Billy Wade | 26 | 2 | 8 | 91 for 178, 1,461 yards, 10 td, 13 int, & 26 rushes for 93 yards and 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1952 |
| QB | Norm Van Brocklin | 30 | 7 | 4 | 68 for 124, 966 yards, 7 td, 12 int, & 4 rushes for 1 yards and 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| FB | Tank Younger | 28 | 7 | 0 | 114 rushes for 518 yards, 3 td, & 18 catches for 268 yards and 0 td | |
| LH | Ron Waller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 83 rushes for 543 yards, 1 td, & 9 catches for 76 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1955 |
| LH | Tommy Wilson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 64 rushes for 470 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 86 yards and 0 td | |
| RH | Leon Clarke* | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 36 catches for 650 yards and 4 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| LE | Elroy Hirsch | 33 | 10 | 0 | 35 catches for 603 yards, 6 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| LT | Bob Fry | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
| LG | Duane Putnam* | 28 | 4 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 66th pick / 1952 |
| C | Dick Daugherty | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
| RG | John Hock* | 29 | 6 | 0 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 99th pick / 1950 |
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| RT | Charlie Toogood | 29 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1951 |
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| RT | Glenn Holtzman | 26 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 310th pick / 1954 |
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| RE | Bob Carey | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5 catches for 60 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 13th pick / 1952 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Paul Miller* | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 64th pick / 1953 |
| LDT | Bud McFadin* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1951 |
| MG | Les Richter*+ | 26 | 2 | 0 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 2nd pick / 1952 |
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| RDT | Art Hauser | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 58th pick / 1954 |
| RDE | Duane Wardlow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 130th pick / 1954 |
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| LLB | Larry Morris | 23 | 1 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1955 |
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| RLB | Hugh Pitts | 22 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1956 |
| LDH | Jim Cason | 29 | 8 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 55th pick / 1948 |
| RDH | Jesse Whittenton | 22 | Rook | 12 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| LS | Don Burroughs | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Will Sherman | 29 | 4 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Yanks / 26th / 311th pick / 1951 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Les Richter*+ | 26 | 2 | 0 | 8 of 15 field goals & 36 of 38 extra points | Dallas Texans / 1st / 2nd pick / 1952 |
| P | Norm Van Brocklin | 30 | 7 | 4 | 48 punts for a 43.1 average, 0 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| PR | Ron Waller | 23 | 1 | 0 | 14 punt returns for a 4.6 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1955 |
| KR | Tommy Wilson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 15 kick returns for a 31.8 average and 1 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | Bob Boyd | 28 | E-DB | 12 | 0 | 201 | 6-2 | Loyola Marymount | 3/7/1928 | 6 | |
| 10 | Rudy Bukich | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Iowa,USC | 3/15/1932 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 24th pick / 1953 |
| 25 | Don Burroughs | 25 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-4 | Colorado State | 8/19/1931 | 1 | |
| 88 | Bob Carey | 26 | E | 7 | 0 | 219 | 6-5 | Michigan State | 2/8/1930 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 13th pick / 1952 |
| 41 | Jim Cason | 29 | DB-HB | 12 | 0 | 171 | 6-0 | LSU | 7/25/1927 | 8 | Chicago Cardinals / 7th / 55th pick / 1948 |
| 23 | Jesse Castete | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | McNeese State | 9/3/1933 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 24th / 287th pick / 1956 |
| 84 | Leon Clarke* | 23 | E-FL | 12 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | USC | 1/10/1933 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 14th pick / 1956 |
| 50 | Dick Daugherty | 27 | G-LB-C | 12 | 0 | 219 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/31/1929 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 18th / 217th pick / 1951 |
| 60 | Jack Ellena | 25 | G-LB | 9 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | UCLA | 10/27/1931 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 19th / 228th pick / 1953 |
| 80 | Tom Fears | 33 | E | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Santa Clara,UCLA | 12/3/1923 | 8 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 103rd pick / 1945 |
| 68 | Sid Fournet | 24 | G-LB-DB | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | LSU | 8/27/1932 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 20th pick / 1955 |
| 75 | Bob Fry | 26 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 11/11/1930 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
| 58 | Bob Griffin | 27 | LB-C | 6 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 2/12/1929 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 25th pick / 1952 |
| 65 | Art Hauser | 27 | DT-T-G | 12 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Xavier (OH) | 6/19/1929 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 58th pick / 1954 |
| 40 | Elroy Hirsch | 33 | E-HB-DE | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | Michigan,Wisconsin | 6/17/1923 | 10 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1945 |
| 63 | John Hock* | 29 | G | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 3/7/1927 | 6 | Chicago Cardinals / 8th / 99th pick / 1950 |
| 46 | Bob Holladay | 24 | DB | 4 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 3/13/1932 | Rook | |
| 79 | Glenn Holtzman | 26 | T-DE | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | North Texas | 10/9/1930 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 26th / 310th pick / 1954 |
| 34 | Joe Marconi | 22 | FB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 2/6/1934 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 6th pick / 1956 |
| 62 | Bud McFadin* | 28 | DT-DG-LB-G | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Texas | 8/21/1928 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1951 |
| 81 | Paul Miller* | 26 | DE | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | LSU | 11/8/1930 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 64th pick / 1953 |
| 89 | Ron Miller | 23 | E | 7 | 0 | 200 | 6-4 | USC | 4/17/1933 | Rook | |
| 31 | Larry Morris | 23 | LB-FB-HB | 7 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 12/10/1933 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 7th pick / 1955 |
| 51 | John Morrow | 23 | C-G | 12 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/27/1933 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 28th / 336th pick / 1956 |
| 28 | Brad Myers | 27 | B-E | 5 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Bucknell | 2/14/1929 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 9th / 108th pick / 1953 |
| 73 | Ken Panfil | 26 | T | 6 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Purdue | 9/16/1930 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 70th pick / 1954 |
| 56 | Hugh Pitts | 22 | LB-C | 9 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | TCU | 4/8/1934 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1956 |
| 61 | Duane Putnam* | 28 | G | 12 | 12 | 228 | 6-0 | Pacific | 9/5/1928 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 66th pick / 1952 |
| 21 | Skeet Quinlan | 28 | HB | 2 | 0 | 173 | 5-11 | San Diego State,TCU | 6/22/1928 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 49th pick / 1952 |
| 48 | Les Richter*+ | 26 | LB-MG | 12 | 0 | 238 | 6-3 | California | 10/6/1930 | 2 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 2nd pick / 1952 |
| 43 | Will Sherman | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 10/20/1927 | 4 | New York Yanks / 26th / 311th pick / 1951 |
| 22 | Rex Shiver | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 1/1/1932 | Rook | |
| 70 | Charlie Toogood | 29 | DT-T-G | 7 | 0 | 232 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 7/16/1927 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 35th pick / 1951 |
| 11 | Norm Van Brocklin | 30 | QB | 12 | 4 | 190 | 6-1 | Oregon | 3/15/1926 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 4th / 37th pick / 1949 |
| 9 | Billy Wade | 26 | QB | 12 | 8 | 202 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 10/4/1930 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1952 |
| 27 | Ron Waller | 23 | HB | 9 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Maryland | 2/14/1933 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 15th pick / 1955 |
| 83 | Duane Wardlow | 24 | DE | 9 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/2/1932 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 130th pick / 1954 |
| 44 | Jesse Whittenton | 22 | DB | 12 | 12 | 193 | 6-0 | Texas-El Paso | 5/9/1934 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 60th pick / 1956 |
| 37 | Tommy Wilson | 24 | HB-FB | 12 | 0 | 203 | 6-0 | none | 9/1/1932 | Rook | |
| 35 | Tank Younger | 28 | FB-LB-HB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Grambling State | 6/25/1928 | 7 | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 12 | 213.9 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |