1951 NFL Championship

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[@comicbookninja5268]

Can't believe it took 70 years for the Rams to win another championship as the LA Rams. Better late then never I guess.

[@robertriver786]

Who cares! They won it and it is over now. They had many chances in the 1970s but choked them all to the Vikings, Cowboys and Steelers.

[@bettercallsaul1777]

Funny the Raiders fans were bragging that they were the ones that first to bring a championship to LA but they always fail to mention that the Rams already did that lmao 😂

[@YourBoyJohnny94]

Raiturds were not even the first team to bring a championship in Oakland. Rams brought not only LA’s first major championship but California’s first trophy.

[@jakeusaf9401]

A lot of people don’t consider pre Super Bowl championships as winning a championship but my Rams won three championships being in three different cities. Chicago, Los Angelis and St. Louis.

[@jstube36]

One correction. The Rams were in Cleveland when they won the 1945 NFL Title game. Perhaps you were confuse with the Cardinals. They were in Chicago before they moved to St Louis.

[@jakeusaf9401]

@@jstube36 you are right

[@Biggdoom344]

Funny irony. The rams leaving Cleveland paved the way for another pro franchise in Cleveland…the browns.

[@coreylevine3856]

70 years later the Rams go aganist another Ohio team this founded by the coach of the team they beat in 1951 Championship game

[@Flamingbro69]

Still their only title in LA. Boy have the tables turned as the Lakers have become the Most Dominant team in Los Angeles over the past few decades Edit: NOT ANYMORE! :) LFG RAMS!!!

[@bconni2]

i've got family going back 120 years in Los Angeles, and i've been hearing stories since i was a child from great uncles of mine how when they were kids back in 1950's they would sneak into the Coliseum to watch Rams games, and how the Rams were the biggest show in town. but remember the Rams were the 1st major pro team on the West coast and 1st in Los Angeles. long before the Lakers and Dodgers.

[@jakeusaf9401]

They need to move back to St. Louis. I was born there. Take my team again and see what happens. 😡Joking. Lol. We can't keep a team. First, the Hawks moved away, then the Cardinals, now the Rams. 🙄

[@robertperrella4194]

@@bconni2 you are 1,000% correct!

[@robertperrella4194]

@@jakeusaf9401 do you know ho much rent stan kroenke was paying per month when the rams were in st.louis ?????!!!!!! ZERO DOLLARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jakeusaf9401]

@@robertperrella4194 okay?????

[@USA24541]

Bob Waterfield was married to Jane Russell for 25 years.

[@Biggdoom344]

Interesting fact about the rams and browns. They were two of the few teams that signed black players. Owners from the redskins, eagles, bears, and cardinals refused to sign black players fearing this would Alienate fans.

[@jstube36]

Plus there were certain positions that were off limits to Black Players. MLB, QB, and it took some time before Black coaches were hired. The Fabulous 50's were no so for everyone.

[@robertperrella4194]

@@jstube36 SAD but true jstube36 !

[@TheLAGopher]

It was a gentleman's agreement to bar Black players brought about to placate Redskins owner George Preson Marshall who fancied his team as the team of the south. Marshall actively promoted Washington across the south with his Redskins radio network. The other NFL owners went along with this under the rationalization that since Major League Baseball had long banned Black players, it would be ok for the NFL to do the same to attract a national following. When the Rams signed Black players in the NFL in 1946 and the Browns did the same in the AAFC the same year. The AAFC Forty Niners also signed Black players, most from military service teams stationed in the Bay area, and that provided some cover for the much more popular Major League Baseball to finally make a similar leap in 1947 with Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers. The other NFL owners slowly came around to signing Black players in the early 50s after seeing the success of the Browns, Rams, and Forty Niners so that by the end of the decade only the Redskins refused to do so. It would take the Kennedy Administration threatening to deny funding for what would become RFK stadium, that finally forced Marshall to sign Black players.

[@gregfrank4115]

The first time ever that the Browns did not end the season as champions after 4 AAFC titles and an NFL title in 5 years of existence.

[@robertperrella4194]

I THINK THE RAMS WERE 7 POINT UNDERDOGS in this game !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the browns lost only 1 game going into the nfl championship and that was the opener against the 49'ers in san francisco !!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carrite]

The 1940s and early 1950s Browns were the greatest dynasty in the history of the NFL, actually.

[@carrite]

So they have a Lou Groza award to honor of the best kicker in the country, named after the guy who bricked a 23-yard chip shot in this game. M'kay.

[@b-zoneonroku2020]

He hit the fist 50 yarder a few years later.

[@michaelvillalvazo4975]

legendary

[@MichealReviews]

Put a banner up, at sofi #rams

[@steveprestegard5151]

Pretty funny to see the numbers not matched with positions (i.e. Graham's 60 Motley's 76, etc.)

[@jimrasco9380]

Years ago, I somehow acquired a 16mm film of this game. I sort of "charted" the game and I recall that Tank Younger was the only player on either team that "started" on both offense (right half) and defense (linebacker). One other comment -- through the Rams did not have numbers that matched their positions -- actually the Browns players perfectly matched their positions. The Browns, of course, had been original members of the short-lived All American Football Conference before being merged into the NFL in 1950. The AAFC had a very strict numbering system. 20s were centers; 30s were guards; tackles were 40s; ends were 50s; quarterbacks were 60s; fullbacks 70s and halfbacks were 80s and 90s. In 1952, the NFL required the Browns and the 49ers to change to the NFL numbering system. Many of the Browns kept the same last digit of their number. For instance, Marion Motley went from 76 to 36. Lou Groza went from 46 to 76. However, Otto Graham went from 60 to 14.

[@robertperrella4194]

vitamin t. smith NUMBER 77 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@vincenttrudell782]

The NFL would "fix" that the following season

[@davegarofalo3663]

35:24

[@bconni2]

Rams first and only NFL title in Los Angeles....

[@jstube36]

The Rams are still the only franchise to win an NFL Title in three different cities. Cleveland Rams-1945, L.A. Rams-1951, St Louis Rams-1999.

[@bconni2]

@@jstube36 ....hopefully we can win a few more in Los Angeles....LOL..!!

[@robertperrella4194]

@@bconni2 the rams ARE GOING TO WIN A FEW MORE IN LA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE RAMS HAVE A GREAT FOUNDATION PLUS ADDING MATTHEW STAFFORD AT QUARTERBACK IS ICING ON THE CAKE! NEXT YEARS SUPER BOWL IS IN SOFI STADIUM TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thepatriarchy819]

@@robertperrella4194 there gonna win in 2 weeks

[@robertperrella4194]

@@thepatriarchy819 i KNOW you are right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FlintyCobblestone]

The better team lost. :-\

[@bconni2]

nah. the Los Angeles Rams where one of the top teams in the league going to 4 NFL title games in a 7 year period, from 1949 to 1955.. and should have won at least one more.

[@FlintyCobblestone]

@@bconni2 You are correct. The better team didn't lose. The MUCH better team lost.

[@bconni2]

@@FlintyCobblestone . stupid. your little opinions can't change history. get over it sore loser.

[@FlintyCobblestone]

@@bconni2 LOL

[@officialfroi096]

@@bconni2 lol someone's having a bad day