Los Angeles Rams Football Cards, page 4
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1953 Bowman | 47 | Don Paul | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker, coach | UCLA | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Ben Agajanian | Los Angeles Rams | kicker | New Mexico | Agajanian was one of two players to play in the AAFC, NFL, and AFL. (The other was Hardy Brown.) | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Bob Boyd | Los Angeles Rams | end | Loyola Marymount | Boyd's 22.8 yards per catch led the NFL in 1953. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Larry Brink | Los Angeles Rams | end, defensive end | Northern Illinois | Brink was a 2-time Pro Bowler for the Rams, in 1950 and 1951. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Rudy Bukich | Los Angeles Rams | quarterback | USC | 1953 was Bukich's rookie year. He was the MVP of the 1953 Rose Bowl, a 7-0 win over Wisconsin. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Tom Dahms | Los Angeles Rams | tackle, coach | San Diego State | Dahms, along with other members of the 1953 Rams team, appeared in "Crazylegs," a film about Elroy Hirsch. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Dick Daugherty | Los Angeles Rams | guard, linebacker | Oregon | Daugherty played six seasons for the Rams, and he made the Pro Bowl once, in 1957. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Jack Dwyer | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Loyola Marymount | Dwyer played from 1951 to 1955 for the Redskins and Rams. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Tom Fears | Los Angeles Rams | end | UCLA, Santa Clara | College Hall of Fame 1976, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1970 | Fears was the first head coach of the New Orleans Saints. | ||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Bob Fry | Los Angeles Rams | tackle | Kentucky | 1953 was Fry's rookie year. In 1954 and 1955 he served in the military, and he returned to the Rams in 1956. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Frank Fuller | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Kentucky | 1953 was Fuller's rookie year. He played nine seasons for the Rams, Chicago Cardinals, and Philadelphia Eagles. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Norb Hecker | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Baldwin Wallace | Hecker was the first head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Elroy Hirsch | Los Angeles Rams | end, halfback | Wisconsin, Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1974, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Hirsch was second in the NFL in receiving yards in 1953, and he was voted first team All-Pro. | ||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | John Hock | Los Angeles Rams | guard | Santa Clara | Hock joined the Rams in 1953 after two years in the Army. He had played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1950. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Dick Lane | Los Angeles Rams | defensive back | Scottsbluff Junior College | Cardinals Ring of Honor 2006, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1974 | Pre-rookie card Lane had 14 interceptions in 1953, still the NFL record. Despite this, he did not appear on a regular-issue football card until 1957. |
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Woodley Lewis | Los Angeles Rams | end | Los Angeles City, Oregon | Lewis had the NFL's longest punt return in 1953, a 74-yarder. He led the league in punt return and kick return yards. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Tom McCormick | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Pacific | 1953 was McCormick's rookie year. He played four seasons for the Rams and San Francisco 49ers. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Bud McFadin | Los Angeles Rams | defensive tackle | Texas | College Hall of Fame 1983 | McFadin's first NFL playing time came in the Rams' 1952 playoff game against the Lions. | ||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Leon McLaughlin | Los Angeles Rams | center, coach | UCLA | The back of McLaughlin's card says that he played every minute of offensive center of the Rams' 1951 and 1952 games, including pre- and post-season. | nm | ||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Brad Myers | Los Angeles Rams | running back | Bucknell | 1953 was Myers's rookie year. He played two seasons for the Rams and one for the Philadelphia Eagles. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Don Paul | Los Angeles Rams | linebacker, coach | UCLA | Paul was a first-team All-Pro in 1953. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Hampton Pool | Los Angeles Rams | end, coach | California, Army | Before coaching, Pool played four seasons for the Chicago Bears and one season for the AAFC's Miami Seahawks. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Duane Putnam | Los Angeles Rams | guard | Pacific | Putnam was a member of the College of the Pacific's undefeated 1949 team. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Volney Quinlan | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | San Diego State | Quinlan had the NFL's longest run in 1953, a 74-yarder. | |||
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1953 Rams Team Issue | Herb Rich | Los Angeles Rams | halfback | Vanderbilt | Rich had 8 interceptions in 1952. |