All-Time Los Angeles Rams Team

The Minnesota Vikings host the Los Angeles Rams today. The Rams have an interesting history. They’ve relocated three times. The got their start in Cleveland in 1937. They moved to Los Angeles in 1946. They moved to St. Louis in 1995. They moved back to Los Angeles in 2016. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Rams history is that they won a title at each location.

1945-Cleveland

1951-Los Angeles

1999-St. Louis

Who wins a league title and celebrates by moving to the coast? The Rams did in 1946. Poor Cleveland. They lost the Rams and were rewarded with a Browns team that would immediately go to ten straight championship games. Winning seven. 

But this isn’t about the Browns. This is about the Rams and their fun, moving football history. On the day of the big Vikings game, here’s a look at some of the best football players in the history of the Cleveland-Los Angeles-St. Louis-Los Angeles Rams.

Offense

Quarterback 

Norm Van Brocklin

Running Back

Marshall Faulk

Fullback

Dan Towler

Wide Receivers

Elroy Hirsch

Isaac Bruce

Tight End

Tom Fears

This might be a stretch. Tom Fears was more receiver than tight end. He played in an era when today’s tight end didn’t exist. He played mostly at left end. I’m calling that tight end. 

Tackles

Orlando Pace

Jackie Slater

Guards

Tom Mack

Dennis Harrah

Center

Rich Saul

Defense

Defensive Ends

Deacon Jones

Jack Youngblood

Defensive Tackles

Merlin Olsen

Aaron Donald

Linebackers

Kevin Greene

Les Richter

Maxie Baughan

Cornerbacks

LeRoy Irvin

Jerry Gray

Safeties

Eddie Meador

Nolan Cromwell

Special Teams

Kicker

Jeff Wilkins

Punter

Johnny Hekker

Returner

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