Profile
Bob Waterfield
Football Player and Coach
Male
Born
Jul 26, 1920
Hometown
Elmira, New York
Died
Mar 25, 1983
Death Place
Burbank, California
Position
Quarterback
Draft Year
1944
Draft Round
5
Robert Stanton "Bob" Waterfield was an American football player, a hall of fame quarterback in the National Football League.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1920
Birth
Born on July 26, 1920.
TWENTIES
1942
21 Years Old
He led the Bruins to the Pacific Coast Conference football championship in 1942 and a berth in the 1943 Rose Bowl against the University of Georgia.
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Waterfield entered the U.S. Army in 1943 and while in the service he was selected with the 42nd overall pick of the 1944 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Rams.
1944
23 Years Old
He was discharged from the military due to a knee injury and returned college and played for UCLA in 1944.
1945
24 Years Old
His rookie year in professional football was in 1945 and he started immediately.
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1946
25 Years Old
In 1946, the Rams moved to Los Angeles, California, where Waterfield became the star on the West Coast's first major professional franchise.
1949
28 Years Old
He would later split time at quarterback with Norm Van Brocklin, who joined the team as a rookie in 1949. Behind this duo, Los Angeles played in three straight title games, 1949-1951. Runners-up in the first two, the Rams regained the league title in the 1951 championship game with a 24-17 win over the Cleveland Browns. It was the Rams' only league title during their 49 seasons in southern California (1946–94). In a 1948 regular season game, the Rams were behind the to-be-champion Philadelphia Eagles 28-0.
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1950
29 Years Old
In the 1950 divisional playoffs, he was unable to practice due to a severe flu he had endured.
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THIRTIES
1960
39 Years Old
After several years in the film industry, Waterfield was hired as the Rams' head coach in 1960.
FORTIES
1962
41 Years Old
After two seasons with four wins each, the third season in 1962 was even less successful and he resigned after the eighth game with just one win; his overall record was 9-24-1 (.289).
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1968
47 Years Old
Russell divorced Waterfield in 1968.
1970
49 Years Old
He married Janet Ann Green in 1970.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1983
63 Years Old
After an extended illness, Waterfield died of respiratory failure on March 25, 1983, at the age of 62.
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