78-614: [REDACTED] Look up chunky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chunky may refer to: People [ edit ] Chunky Clements (born 1994), American football player Liam O'Brien (hurler) (born 1949), Irish hurler Chunky Pandey (born 1962), stage name of Indian actor Suyash Pandey Ramón "Chunky" Sánchez (1951–2016), Chicano musician and activist Chunky Woodward (1924–1990), Canadian retailer and rancher Places [ edit ] Chunky, Mississippi , United States,
156-560: A Walmart heir , also owned Altitude Sports and Entertainment . These interests violated the NFL's cross-ownership rule. Nevertheless, on August 25, 2010, NFL owners unanimously approved him as the owner of the franchise contingent upon his eventual divestment of his Colorado sports interests. Kroenke complied with the rule when he transferred ownership of the Nuggets, Avalanche, the Pepsi Center, and
234-568: A 10–6 record, but then were defeated by Minnesota in the wild card round. Los Angeles won the first five games of 1989 , including a sensational defeat of the defending champion 49ers . They beat the Eagles in the wild card game , then beat the Giants in overtime before suffering a 30–3 flogging at the hands of the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Although it was not apparent at the time,
312-468: A coach. In 2005, Martz was ill, and was hospitalized for several games, allowing assistant head coach Joe Vitt to coach the remainder of the season. Although Martz was cleared later in the season, team president John Shaw did not allow him to come back to coach the team. After the Rams fired Martz, former Minnesota offensive coordinator Scott Linehan took control of an 8–8 team in 2006 . In 2007 , Linehan led
390-584: A lawsuit. The owners eventually acquiesced to her demands, wary of going through a long, protracted legal battle. Tagliabue simply stated that "The desire to have peace and not be at war was a big factor" in allowing the Rams move to go forward. In a matter of a month, the vote had gone from 21–6 opposed to 23–6 in favor, with the Raiders, who left the Coliseum and returned to Oakland later in 1995, abstaining. Jonathan Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft , elaborated on
468-460: A needed boost for pro football in Orange County. The former University of Southern California coach began by cutting the aged veterans left over from the 1970s teams. His rebuilding program began to show results when the team rebounded to 9–7 in 1983 and defeated Dallas in the playoffs . However, the season ended after a rout at the hands of the defending champion Redskins . Another trip to
546-844: A professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood , which they share with the Los Angeles Chargers . The franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in Cleveland, Ohio . The franchise won
624-519: A rookie from UCLA , passed, ran, and place-kicked his way to the league's Most Valuable Player award, which was known as the Joe F. Carr Trophy back then, and helped the Rams achieve a 9–1 record and win their first NFL Championship , a 15–14 home field victory over the Washington Redskins on December 16. The margin of victory was provided by a safety : Redskins great Sammy Baugh 's pass bounced off
702-435: A shadow of its former self. Accusations and excuses were constantly thrown back and forth between the Rams fanbase, ownership, and local politicians. Many fans heavily blamed the ownership of Georgia Frontiere for the franchise's woes, while ownership cited the outdated stadium and withering fan support as direct factors. Frontiere quickly gave up and decided to move the Rams franchise to St. Louis. However, on March 15, 1995,
780-550: A stunning 1,495 receiving yards with 17 touchdowns. In 1950 the popularity of this wide-open offense enabled the Los Angeles Rams to become the first pro football team to have all their games televised. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Rams went from being the only major professional sports franchise in Southern California and Los Angeles to being one of five. The Los Angeles Dodgers moved from Brooklyn in 1958,
858-663: A town Chunky River , a tributary of the Chickasawhay River in Mississippi Songs [ edit ] "Chunky" (Format B song) , 2015 "Chunky" (Bruno Mars song) , 2016 Other uses [ edit ] Chunky , a candy bar Chunkey , a Native American game also spelled Chunky Chunky Kong , a character in the video game Donkey Kong 64 Packed pixel or "chunky", a method of frame buffer organization in computer graphics See also [ edit ] Chunk (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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#1733084677886936-572: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Chunky Clements Jarrod Patrick " Chunky " Clements (born December 3, 1994) is a former American football defensive tackle . He played college football at Illinois . Clements signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent on July 21, 2017. He was waived by the Vikings on September 2, 2017. On October 25, 2017, Clements
1014-669: The 1945 NFL Championship Game , then moved to Los Angeles in 1946 , making way for Paul Brown 's Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference and becoming the only NFL championship team to play the following season in another city. The club played its home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 1980, when it moved into a reconstructed Anaheim Stadium in Orange County, California . The Rams made their first Super Bowl appearance at
1092-429: The 1979 NFL season , owner Carroll Rosenbloom died in a drowning accident, and his widow, Georgia Frontiere , inherited 70 percent ownership of the team. Frontiere then fired stepson Steve Rosenbloom and assumed total control of Rams operations. As had been planned prior to Rosenbloom's death, the Rams moved from their longtime home at the Coliseum to Anaheim Stadium in nearby Orange County in 1980. The reason for
1170-676: The 2015 NFL season , the team sought and received approval from the other owners to move back to Los Angeles in time for the 2016 NFL season . The Rams appeared in Super Bowl LIII but lost to the Patriots , 13–3. Three years later, the Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23–20 to win Super Bowl LVI , becoming the second NFL team to win the Super Bowl in its home stadium. The club is
1248-529: The Chicago Bears . At the end of the season Walsh resigned as head coach. The Coliseum was home for the Rams for more than 30 years, but the facility was already over 20 years old on the day of the first kickoff. Bob Snyder coached the team for one season. In 1947, he led the team to a 6–6 record and a fourth place finish in the NFC West. In 1948, halfback Fred Gehrke painted horns on the Rams' helmets, making
1326-504: The Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings , they lost the first four conference championship games they played in that decade, losing twice each to Minnesota (1974, 1976) and Dallas (1975, 1978) and failing to win a league championship. The Rams' head coach for this run was Chuck Knox , who led the team through 1977. His teams featured unremarkable offenses carried into the playoffs annually by elite defensive units. The defining player of
1404-775: The Jacksonville Jaguars after the 2011 season. Pursuant to NFL rules, owners are prohibited from owning other sports teams in markets where there is already an NFL team. At the time of purchase, Kroenke (d/b/a Kroenke Sports Enterprises ) owned the Denver Nuggets , the Colorado Avalanche , the Colorado Rapids , and the Pepsi Center (home to the Nuggets and the Avalanche). Kroenke, a real estate and sports mogul married to
1482-663: The Los Angeles Chargers of the upstart AFL was established in 1960, the Los Angeles Lakers moved from Minneapolis in 1960, and the Los Angeles Angels were awarded to Gene Autry in 1961. In spite of this, the Rams continued to thrive in Southern California. In the first two years after the Dodgers moved to California, the Rams drew an average of 83,681 in 1958 and 74,069 in 1959. The Rams were so popular in Los Angeles that
1560-532: The Los Angeles Dons compete there as well. Reeves was taking a gamble that Los Angeles was ready for its own professional football team—and suddenly there were two in the City of Angels. Reeves was proven to be correct when the Rams played their first pre-season game against the Washington Redskins in front of a crowd of 95,000 fans. The team finished their first season in L.A. with a 6–4–1 record, second place behind
1638-690: The MLB the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series in 1981 and 1988 , and even in the NHL the Los Angeles Kings made a deep run in the playoffs in 1982, and acquired fan interest following the arrival of Wayne Gretzky in 1988. As a result, the Rams declined sharply in popularity during the 1980s, despite being playoff contenders for most of the decade. The hiring of coach John Robinson in 1983 provided
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#17330846778861716-535: The NFC Championship by the Cowboys . It was the Rams' weakest divisional winner (an aging 1979 team that only achieved a 9–7 record) that achieved the team's greatest success in that period. Led by third-year quarterback Vince Ferragamo , the Rams shocked the heavily favored and two-time defending NFC champion Dallas Cowboys 21–19 in the divisional playoffs, then shut out the upstart Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9–0 in
1794-496: The NFC West during all three years of Knox's second stint. As the losses piled up and the team was seen as playing uninspired football, the Rams' already dwindling fan base was reduced even further. By 1994, support for the Rams had withered to the point where they were barely part of the Los Angeles sports landscape. With sellouts becoming fewer and far between, the Rams saw more of their games blacked out in Southern California. One of
1872-573: The National Football League on February 12, 1937, and were assigned to the Western Division. The Rams would be the fourth in a string of short-lived teams based in Cleveland, following the Cleveland Tigers , Cleveland Bulldogs , and Cleveland Indians . From the beginning, they were a team marked by frequent moves, playing in three stadiums over several losing seasons. However, the team featured
1950-644: The Rams in 1981 , as they only won six games and missed the playoffs for the first time in nine years; adding to the woes was Ferragamo being wrested away by the CFL 's Montreal Alouettes that year (although he returned the following season). After the 1982 season was shortened to nine games by a strike , the Rams went 2–7, the worst record in the NFC. In 1982 , the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles and took up residence in
2028-470: The Rams were booted from the playoffs by Washington . After one game of the 1987 season was lost to the players' strike , the NFL employed substitutes, most of which were given derogatory nicknames (in this case the Los Angeles Shams). After a 2–1 record, the Rams' regulars returned, but the team only went 6–9 and did not qualify for the postseason . The Rams managed to return in 1988 with
2106-570: The "Rams", because his favorite college football team was the Fordham Rams from Fordham University ; Marshman, the principal owner, also liked the name choice. The team was part of the newly formed American Football League and finished the 1936 regular season in second place with a 5–2–2 record, trailing only the 8–3 record of league champion Boston Shamrocks . The team featured players such as William "Bud" Cooper , Harry "The Horse" Mattos , Stan Pincura , and Mike Sebastian . The Rams joined
2184-462: The 100,000 mark twice during the 1958 campaign. The 1960s were defined by the great defensive line of Rosey Grier , Merlin Olsen , Deacon Jones , and Lamar Lundy , dubbed the " Fearsome Foursome ". It was this group of players who restored the on-field luster of the franchise in 1967 when the Rams reached (but lost) the conference championship under head coach George Allen . That 1967 squad became
2262-529: The 1970s Los Angeles Rams was Jack Youngblood . Youngblood was called the 'Perfect Defensive End' by fellow Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen. His toughness was legendary, notably playing on a broken leg during the Rams' run to the 1980 Super Bowl . His blue-collar ethic stood in opposition to the perception that the Rams were a soft 'Hollywood' team. However, several Rams players from this period took advantage of their proximity to Hollywood and crossed over into acting after their playing careers ended. Most notable of these
2340-507: The 1989 NFC Championship Game was the end of an era. The Rams did not have another winning season for the rest of their first tenure in Los Angeles before moving to St. Louis. They crumbled to 5–11 in 1990 , followed by a 3–13 season in 1991 . Robinson resigned at the end of the 1991 season. However, the return of Chuck Knox as head coach, after his successful stints as head coach of the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks , did not boost
2418-512: The Altitude to his son Josh Kroenke . The Rams received the first pick in the 2010 NFL draft after finishing the 2009 season with a 1–15 record. The team used the pick to select quarterback Sam Bradford from the University of Oklahoma . The Rams finished the 2010 season second in the NFC West with a record of 7–9. Bradford started all 16 games for the Rams after earning the starting position during
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2496-498: The Giants, Spagnuolo's first season as head coach of the Rams was disappointing as the team won only once in 16 attempts. On May 31, 2009, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the majority owners Rosenbloom and Rodriguez officially offered their majority share of Rams for sale. They retained the services of Goldman Sachs , a prominent investment banking firm, to help facilitate the sale of
2574-586: The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The combined effect of these two moves was to divide the Rams' traditional fan base in two. This was coupled with the early 1980s being rebuilding years for the club, while the Raiders were winners of Super Bowl XVIII in the 1983 season . Meanwhile, in the NBA the Los Angeles Lakers won championships in 1980 and 1982 en route to winning five titles in that decade, in
2652-695: The Most Valuable Player of the 1939 season, rookie halfback Parker Hall . In June 1941, the Rams were bought by Dan Reeves and Fred Levy Jr. Reeves, an heir to his family's grocery-chain business that had been purchased by Safeway , used some of his inheritance to buy his share of the team. Levy's family owned the Levy Brothers department store chain in Kentucky and he came to own the Riverside International Raceway . Levy owned part of
2730-526: The NFL and get out of the professional football business altogether unless the transfer to Los Angeles was permitted. A settlement was reached and, as a result, Reeves was allowed to move his team to Los Angeles. Consequently, the NFL became the first professional coast-to-coast sports entertainment industry. From 1933, when Joe Lillard left the Chicago Cardinals , through 1946, there were no black players in professional American football . After
2808-580: The Rams as it was played in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl . Although some oddsmakers set the Rams as a 10 1 ⁄ 2 -point underdog, the Rams played Pittsburgh very tough, leading at halftime 13–10 and at the end of the third quarter 19–17. In the end, however, the Steelers asserted themselves, scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter and shutting down the Rams offense to win their fourth Super Bowl, 31–19. Prior to
2886-403: The Rams by evaluating bids and soliciting potential buyers. The sale price was unknown, but at the time Forbes magazine's most recent estimate listed the Rams' value at $ 929 million. On the final day to do so, then-minority owner Stan Kroenke invoked his right of first refusal to buy the 60% of the team that he did not already own. The original intended buyer, Shahid Khan , later acquired
2964-441: The Rams chose Oregon State running back Steven Jackson as the 24th pick of the draft. Although the Rams were one of the most productive teams in NFL history at the time, head coach Martz was criticized by many as careless with game management. He often feuded with several players as well as team president and general manager, Jay Zygmunt. However, most of his players respected him and went on record saying that they enjoyed him as
3042-448: The Rams from 1962 to 1972. From 1967 to 1971, Gabriel led the Rams to either a first- or second-place finish in their division every year. He was voted the MVP of the NFL in 1969, for a season in which he threw for 2,549 yards and 24 TDs while leading the Rams to the playoffs. During the 1970 season , Gabriel combined with his primary receiver Jack Snow for 51 receptions totaling 859 yards. This
3120-435: The Rams had received approval to move to Los Angeles, they entered into negotiations to lease the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Rams were advised that a precondition to them getting a lease was that they would have to integrate the team with at least one African-American; the Rams agreed. Subsequently, the Rams signed Kenny Washington on March 21, 1946. The signing of Washington caused "all hell to break loose" among
3198-463: The Rams in 1987 by being traded to the Indianapolis Colts for a number of players and draft picks after a bitter contract dispute, shortly after the players' strike that year ended. Dickerson was the Rams' career rushing leader until 2010, with 7,245 yards. Despite this trade, the Rams remained contenders due to the arrival of the innovative offensive leadership of Ernie Zampese . Zampese brought
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3276-435: The Rams to a 3–13 record. Following the 2007 season, Georgia Frontiere died on January 18, 2008, after a 28-year ownership that began in 1979. Ownership of the team passed to her son Dale "Chip" Rosenbloom and daughter Lucia Rodriguez. Chip Rosenbloom was named the new Rams majority owner. Linehan was already faced with scrutiny from several players in the locker room, including Torry Holt and Steven Jackson . Linehan
3354-519: The Rams to one of the most prolific offenses in history, posting 526 points for the season. This was the beginning of what later became known as " The Greatest Show on Turf ". Warner shocked the league by throwing for 41 touchdowns. This led the Rams to Super Bowl XXXIV , where they beat the Tennessee Titans , 23–16. Warner was named the Most Valuable Player of the Super Bowl . Following
3432-462: The Rams with Bob Hope , another of the owners, until Reeves bought out his partners in 1962. The franchise suspended operations and sat out the 1943 season because of a shortage of players during World War II and resumed playing in 1944 . The team finally achieved success in 1945 , which was their last season in Ohio. Adam Walsh took over as head coach that season. Quarterback Bob Waterfield ,
3510-469: The Rams' sagging fortunes. In his first season back, he led the team to a 6–10 record in 1992. His run-oriented offense marked the end of the Zampese tenure with a 5–11 record in 1993. Knox's game plans called for an offense that was steady, if unspectacular. Unfortunately for the Rams, Knox's offense was not only aesthetically unpleasing but dull as well, especially by 1990s standards. The Rams finished last in
3588-470: The Rams' win, Vermeil retired, and Vermeil's offensive coordinator Mike Martz was hired as head coach. He managed to take the Rams to Super Bowl XXXVI , where the team lost to the New England Patriots , 20–17. Martz helped the Rams establish a pass-first identity that posted an NFL record number of points over the course of three seasons (1999–2001). However, in the first round in the 2004 draft ,
3666-422: The best offense in the NFL, even though there was a quarterback change from Bob Waterfield to Norm Van Brocklin in 1951 . The defining Offensive players of this period were wide receiver Elroy Hirsch , Van Brocklin and Waterfield. Teamed with fellow Hall of Famer Tom Fears , Hirsch helped create the style of Rams football as one of the first big play receivers. During the 1951 championship season, Hirsch posted
3744-422: The bridges have been burned and people get turned off on a sports franchise, years of loyalty is not respected and it is difficult to get it back. By the same token, there are millions of fans in that area who have supported the Rams in an extraordinary way. The Rams have 50 years of history and the last 5 or so years of difficult times can be corrected." However, Frontiere responded with a thinly veiled threat at
3822-511: The commissioner's remarks by saying that "about five or six owners didn't want to get the other owners into litigation, so they switched their votes." Only six franchises remained in opposition to the Rams move from Los Angeles: the Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Giants, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals (who played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987), and Washington Redskins. After the vote
3900-449: The conference championship game to win the NFC and reach their first Super Bowl. Along with Ferragamo, key players for the Rams were halfback Wendell Tyler , offensive lineman Jackie Slater , and Pro Bowl defenders Jack Youngblood and Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds . The Rams' opponent in their first Super Bowl was the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers . The game was a virtual home game for
3978-569: The end of the 1979 NFL season , losing Super Bowl XIV to the Pittsburgh Steelers , 31–19. After the 1994 NFL season , the Rams left southern California and moved to St. Louis , Missouri , becoming the St. Louis Rams . Five seasons later, the team defeated the Tennessee Titans to win Super Bowl XXXIV , 23–16. The club then lost Super Bowl XXXVI , 20–17, to the New England Patriots . After
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#17330846778864056-603: The entire season; the starting job fell to backup Kurt Warner , who came out of college as an undrafted free agent and whose career had included stints with the Iowa Barnstormers of the Arena Football League and the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe . Vermeil told the public that the Rams would "Rally around Kurt Warner, and play good football." Warner synced up with Marshall Faulk and Isaac Bruce to lead
4134-474: The few bright spots during this time was Jerome Bettis , a bruising running back from Notre Dame earning the nickname "The Battering Ram". Bettis flourished as the only bright spot in Knox's offense, running for 1,429 yards as a rookie, and 1,025 in his sophomore effort. As had become increasingly common with sports franchises, the Rams began to blame much of their misfortune on their stadium situation. Anaheim Stadium
4212-409: The first special teams coaches. Though Allen would enjoy five straight winning seasons and win two divisional titles in his time with the Rams he never won a playoff game with the team, losing in 1967 to Green Bay 28–7 and in 1969 23–20 to Minnesota . Allen would leave after the 1970 season to take the head coaching job for the Washington Redskins. Quarterback Roman Gabriel played 11 seasons for
4290-403: The first NFL team to surpass one million spectators in a season, a feat the Rams repeated the following year . In each of those two years, the L.A. Rams drew roughly double the number of fans that could be accommodated by their current stadium for a full season. George Allen led the Rams from 1966 to 1970 and introduced many innovations, including the hiring of a young Dick Vermeil as one of
4368-440: The first helmet emblem in pro football. In 1948, Clark Shaughnessy took over as head coach and led the team to a 6–5–1 record. Late in 1949, the Dons were folded into the Rams when the All-America Football Conference ceased operations. The Rams' heyday in Southern California was from 1949 to 1955, when they played in the pre-Super Bowl era NFL Championship Game four times, winning once in 1951 . During this period, they had
4446-435: The goal post, then backward, through his team's own end zone . The next season, NFL rules were changed to prevent this from ever again resulting in a score; instead, it would merely result in an incomplete pass. On January 12, 1946, Reeves was denied a request by the other NFL owners to move the Cleveland Rams to Los Angeles and the then-103,000-seat Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . He threatened to end his relationship with
4524-415: The helm, the Rams won the division with a 10–4 record and advanced to the playoffs , but lost at home to Minnesota 14–7. Chuck Knox left for the Bills in 1978 , after which Ray Malavasi became head coach. Going 12–4, the team won the NFC West for the sixth year in a row and defeated the Vikings , thus avenging their earlier playoff defeat. However, success eluded them again as they were shut out in
4602-432: The home of the California Angels . To accommodate the Rams' move, the ballpark was reconfigured and enclosed to accommodate a capacity of 69,008 in the football configuration. With their new, smaller home, the Rams had no problem selling out games. In 1980 , the team posted an 11–5 record, but only managed a wild card spot and were sent packing after a 34–13 loss to the Cowboys . Age and injuries finally caught up with
4680-403: The intricate timing routes he had used in making the San Diego Chargers a state-of-the-art offense. Under Zampese, the Rams rose steadily from 28th rated offense in 1986 to 3rd in 1990. The late 1980s Rams featured a gifted young quarterback in Jim Everett , a solid rushing attack and a fleet of talented wide receivers led by Henry Ellard and Flipper Anderson . After a 10–6 season in 1986 ,
4758-411: The move was twofold. First, the NFL's blackout rule in effect then (repealed in 2015) forbade games from being shown on local television if they did not sell out within 72 hours of the opening kickoff. As the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum seated 92,604 at the time, it was rarely possible to sell that many tickets even in the Rams' best years, and so most Rams home games were blacked out. Second, this move
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#17330846778864836-419: The only NFL franchise to win championships representing three different cities: Cleveland in 1945 , Los Angeles in 1951 and 2021 , and St. Louis in 1999 . The Cleveland Rams were founded in 1936 by Ohio attorney Homer Marshman and player-coach Damon Wetzel , a former Ohio State star who played briefly for the Chicago Bears and Pittsburgh Pirates . Wetzel, who served as general manager, selected
4914-438: The other league owners rejected her bid to move the franchise by a 21–3–6 vote. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue stated after rejecting the move, "This was one of the most complex issues we have had to approach in years. We had to balance the interest of fans in Los Angeles and in St. Louis that we appreciate very much. In my judgment, they did not meet the guidelines we have in place for such a move." The commissioner also added: "Once
4992-482: The owners of the NFL franchises. The Rams added a second black player, Woody Strode , on May 7, 1946, giving them two black players going into the 1946 season. The Rams were the first team in the NFL to play in Los Angeles (the 1926 Los Angeles Buccaneers represented L.A. but were strictly a traveling team), but they were not the only professional football team to play its home games in the Coliseum between 1946 and 1949. The upstart All-America Football Conference had
5070-512: The playoffs in 1984 saw them lose to the Giants . They made the NFC Championship Game in 1985 after winning the division, where they were shut out by the eventual champion Chicago Bears 24–0. The most notable player for the Rams during that period was running back Eric Dickerson , who was drafted in 1983 out of Southern Methodist University and won the Rookie of the Year award. In 1984, Dickerson rushed for 2,105 yards, setting an NFL record. Dickerson ended his five hugely successful years for
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5226-446: The upstart Chargers chose to move to San Diego rather than attempt to compete with the Rams. The Los Angeles Times put the Chargers plight as such: " Hilton [the Chargers owner at the time] quickly realized that taking on the Rams in L.A. was like beating his head against the wall." During this time, the Rams were not as successful on the field as they had been during their first decade. The team's combined record from 1957 to 1964
5304-458: Was Fred Dryer , who starred in the TV series Hunter from 1984 to 1991, as well as Olsen, who retired after 1976, starred in Little House on the Prairie . During the 1977 off-season, the Rams, looking for a veteran quarterback, acquired Joe Namath from the Jets. In spite of a 2–1 start to the regular season , Namath's bad knees rendered him nearly immobile and after a Monday night defeat in Chicago, he never played again. With Pat Haden at
5382-403: Was 24–35–1 (.408), but the Rams continued to fill the cavernous Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum regularly. While the National Football League's average attendance ranged from the low 30,000s to the low 40,000s during this time, the Rams were drawing anywhere from 10,000 to 40,000 fans more than the league average. In 1957, the Rams set the all-time NFL attendance record that stood until 2006 and broke
5460-430: Was following the population pattern in Southern California. During the 1970s and 1980s, the decline of manufacturing industries in the northeastern United States combined with the desire of many people to live in a warmer climate caused a large-scale population shift to the southern and western states. As a result, many affluent new suburbs were built in the Los Angeles area. Anaheim Stadium was originally built in 1966 to be
5538-472: Was named the new head coach of the franchise. In his previous post as defensive coordinator with the New York Giants , Spagnuolo masterminded a defensive scheme that shut down the potent offense of the previously undefeated and untied New England Patriots , the odds on favorite to win the Super Bowl that year. In one of the greatest upsets in Super Bowl history, the New York Giants defeated the Patriots, 17–14. In spite of his success as defensive coordinator with
5616-469: Was over, Dan Rooney publicly stated that he opposed the move of the Los Angeles Rams because "I believe we should support the fans who have supported us for years." The 1995 and 1996 seasons , the Rams' first two in St. Louis, were under the direction of former Oregon Ducks head coach Rich Brooks. The team went 7–9 in 1995 and 6–10 in 1996. Their most prolific player from their first two seasons
5694-457: Was primarily suited for baseball, so the sightlines for football were deemed inadequate. With Orange County mired in a deep recession resulting largely from defense sector layoffs, the Rams were unable to secure a new or improved stadium in the Los Angeles area , which ultimately cast their future in Southern California into doubt. By 1995, the Rams fanbase in Southern California had withered to
5772-682: Was signed by the Arizona Hotshots of the Alliance of American Football . He was waived after the first regular season game on February 12, 2019. On May 28, 2019, Clements signed with the Indianapolis Colts . On June 13, 2019, the Colts cut Clements. This biographical article relating to an American football defensive lineman born in the 1990s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Los Angeles Rams National Football League ( 1937 –present) The Los Angeles Rams are
5850-556: Was signed to the Houston Texans ' practice squad. He was promoted to the active roster on November 8, 2017. He was waived on December 15, 2017, and re-signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted back to the active roster on December 19, 2017. On March 21, 2018, Clements was waived by the Texans. On May 21, 2018, Clements signed with the Los Angeles Rams . He was waived on August 31, 2018. On January 8, 2019, Clements
5928-418: Was the best of their eight seasons as teammates. In 1972 , Chicago industrialist Robert Irsay purchased the Rams for $ 19 million and then traded the franchise to Carroll Rosenbloom for his Baltimore Colts and cash. The Rams remained solid contenders in the 1970s, winning seven straight NFC West championships between 1973 and 1979. Though they clearly were the class of the NFC in the 1970s along with
6006-473: Was the fan favorite Isaac Bruce . In 1997 , Dick Vermeil was hired as the head coach. That same year, the Rams traded up in the 1997 NFL draft to select future All-Pro offensive tackle, Orlando Pace . The team would struggle to find success in the first two seasons with Vermeil under the helm, going 5–11 in 1997 and 4–12 in 1998 . The 1999 season started with quarterback Trent Green injuring his leg in preseason play, which left him sidelined for
6084-468: Was then fired on September 29, 2008, after the team started the season 0–4. Jim Haslett , defensive coordinator under Linehan, was interim head coach for the rest of the 2008 season. John Shaw then resigned as president, and personnel chief Billy Devaney was promoted to general manager on December 24, 2008, after the resignation of former president of football operations and general manager Jay Zygmunt on December 22. On January 17, 2009, Steve Spagnuolo
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