The St. Louis
Rams Ring of Fame displayed within the Edward Jones Dome
Around an
inner ring of the Edward Jones Dome the Rams have
honored 13 members of the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis
Cardinals that are members of the National Football
League Hall of Fame. The names and jersey numbers of
each of the 13 players are displayed were all can see.
We will also honor them below.
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Norm Van Brocklin - #11
During his 12-year career, he played on two
championship teams in the
National Football League:
the
1951
Los Angeles Rams
and the
1960
Philadelphia Eagles.
Following the latter triumph, he retired. As it
turned out, his Eagles team would be the only
team to defeat the Packers in a championship
game during
Vince Lombardi's
tenure as Green Bay's head coach. Van Brocklin
led the NFL in passing three times and in
punting twice. On nine occasions, he was
selected to the Pro Bowl. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Eric Dickerson - #29
In his second season,
Dickerson continued his onslaught of the NFL
record book. Twelve times during that season he
gained more than 100 yards rushing, breaking the
record of 100-yard games in a season held by
O.J. Simpson.
His 2,105 total yards rushing in
1984
shattered Simpson’s
1973
record of 2,003 yards rushing in a single
season. To date, no one has rushed for more
yards in a single
NFL
season. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Tom Fears - #55
Selected as a defensive
back by the Rams, Fears quickly made his mark as
a wide receiver in
1948,
while also displaying his versatility by playing
on defense and at
tight end.
During his first three seasons at the
professional level, he led all NFL receivers in
catches, and broke the league's single-season
record with 77 catches in
1949. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch - #40
Coach
Clark Shaughnessy
made Hirsch the first full-time "flanker" in NFL
history, splitting the talented receiver outside
from his previous halfback position. He was key
to the Rams victory in the
1951
NFL
championship with NFL record 1,495 yards
receiving, which stood for 19 years. He also had
66 catches, and 17 touchdowns that same year. He
was inducted into the
NFL
Hall of Fame in 1968 with a career 387
receptions, 7,029 yards, and 60 touchdowns.
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
David (Deacon) Jones - #75
Deacon was elected to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
in his first year of eligibility in
1980,
and was named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary
All-Time Team in
1994.
In
1999,
he was ranked number 13 on
The Sporting News'
list of the 100 Greatest Football Players, the
highest-ranked player to have played for the
Rams franchise, the highest-ranked defensive
end, and the second-ranked defensive lineman
behind
Bob Lilly.
The same year, he was named by
Sports Illustrated
as the "Defensive End of the Century." |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Tom Mack - #65
Mack never
missed a game in his career,
appearing in 184 consecutive
contests, a streak topped only
by
Merlin
Olsen
and the legendary
Jack
Youngblood.
During Mack's career with the
Rams they compiled an impressive
record, with winning seasons 12
out of the 13. During this span,
the Rams enjoyed a .720 winning
percentage with a won-lost-tie
record of 129-48-7. They won
their division eight times and
made it to four NFC championship
games.
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Merlin Olsen - #74
Olsen became part of
one of the best front fours in NFL history.
Deacon Jones,
Rosey Grier,
and
Lamar Lundy
joined Olsen on the defensive line in
1963
that was aptly nicknamed "The
Fearsome Foursome."
Throughout the 1960s, this foursome terrorized
opposing offenses. Olsen's play helped the Rams
to the playoffs in
1967
and
1969.
Was voted the club's Outstanding Defensive
Lineman from 1967-70 by the Los Angeles Rams
Alumni. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Jackie Slater - #78
Jackie Slater played in
259 games from 1976 to 1995, the most ever by an
offensive lineman at the time of his retirement.
He was the first player to play 20 seasons for
one team, and former
Washington Redskins
cornerback
Darrell Green
is the only other one to accomplish the feat.
Slater was selected to play in seven
Pro Bowls,
and made it to
Super Bowl XIV
with the Rams in 1979; in that season, Slater
and the rest of the line helped the team to
finish second in the league with 6,006 total
offensive yards and gave up only 29 sacks. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Bob Waterfield - #7
Overall, Waterfield was
known for his deep throw ability. He led the NFL
in passing in the 1946 and 1951 season, ending
with career totals of 814 completions, 11,849
yards and 97 touchdowns. He was inducted into
the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
in 1965 as a Cleveland/LA Ram, and died in March
25, 1983 at the age of 62. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Jack Youngblood - #85
In addition
to his 5 All-Pro season and 7 All-NFC seasons,
Youngblood was second-team All-Pro in 1973,
1977, and 1980 and was second-team All-NFC in
1973 and 1984 and in addition to his seven pro
bowls he was a first alternate in 1984, his
final season. Was voted the Rams Outstanding
Defensive Linemen by the Ram's Alumni in 1973,
1975-76, 1978-81, and 1983-84. |
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Dan Dierdorf - #72
Dan
Dierdorf was named to the
Pro Bowl
6 times from 1974-'78 & 1980.
Dierdorf was named All-Pro for 4
consecutive seasons beginning in
1975 when the
Pro
Football Writers Association
voted him All-Pro. From 1976-78
Dan was a consensus All-Pro and
in 1980 the
Newspaper
Enterprise Association
(NEA) named him All-Pro. In
addition, Dan was a consensus
2nd team All-Pro in 1974.
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Jackie Smith - #81
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St. Louis Rams Ring of Fame -
Larry Wilson - #8
Wilson was inducted into
the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
in
1978.
He later served as the Cardinals' interim head
coach in
1979
after the disimissal of
Bud Wilkinson,
and was the franchise's
general manager
from 1980 through 1993. In
1999,
he was ranked number 43 on
The Sporting News'
list of the 100 Greatest Football Players,
making him the highest-ranked player to have
played a majority of his career with the
Cardinal franchise. The team has also retired
his uniform number 8. |
Data taken from wikipedia for informational purposes
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