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unusual facts about St. Louis Rams


Earth City, Missouri

Earth City is home to Rams Park (now the Russell Athletic Training Center named after sportswear manufacturer Russell Athletic), the St. Louis Rams' training facility and offices.


1983 Kansas City Chiefs season

With Bill Kenney and Todd Blackledge both on the roster, starting Steve Fuller was traded to the Los Angeles Rams on August 19.

Arnaz Battle

He led the team in receiving with five receptions for 59 yards and recorded his first career touchdown on a six-yard pass from QB Tim Rattay vs. the St. Louis Rams.

Austin Gunsel

In January 1960 at a meeting of NFL owners, he was the early frontrunner to get the commissioner's job, but Los Angeles Rams general manager Pete Rozelle was ultimately elected to the post on January 26 after 23 ballots.

Dannell Ellerbe

In a 2010 preseason win against the St. Louis Rams, Ellerbe returned an interception 45 yards for a score but was yelled at on the sidelines by head coach John Harbaugh for showboating.

David Clinton

†In 1977 the NBA held an exhibition race during the halftime period between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Los Angeles Rams NFL football game at the Los Angeles Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in August 1977 (the Rams moved from Los Angeles, California to St. Louis, Missouri in 1994).

Del Shofner

Delbert Martin Shofner (born December 11, 1934 in Center, Texas) is a former American football wide receiver who played for eleven seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants from 1957 to 1967 in the National Football League.

Gino Guidugli

Guidugli has two brothers currently playing football in college, Ben at Cincinnati-currently active TE with the St. Louis Rams (2011 undrafted) and Tony at Georgia Military College.

Jairo Penaranda

Jairo Alonso Penaranda (born June 15, 1958 in Barranquilla, Colombia) is a former American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Jim Gilliam

On September 5, Gilliam hit a 2-run pinch triple in a road game against the Houston Astros, giving the Dodgers a 3–2 lead in the 9th inning; the Los Angeles Rams, playing a preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles at the Coliseum, were playing so poorly despite their 10–0 win that the biggest cheer from the stands came from people listening to portable radios tuned to the Dodger game who cheered when Gilliam got the hit.

Johnny Roland

Roland joined the St. Louis Rams in 1995 and coached running back Jerome Bettis during Bettis' last year with the Rams before playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Larry Cook

In 1979, he entered the St. Louis Rams' scouting department, where he stayed until joining the scouting department of the New England Patriots in 1985.

Los Angeles Bulldogs

While Myers had a “probationary franchise” and an implied promise that the team would join the league, the NFL owners chose Homer Marshman's Cleveland Rams, second place finishers in the second AFL in 1936.

New York/New Jersey Hitmen

11 Corte McGuffey QB college (Northern Colorado): spent the 2000 season with the NFL's St. Louis Rams

Rodgers Townsend

Current clients include: AT&T, BASF, The Black Rep, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Echo360, Eckert’s Orchard, Enterprise Holdings, The Hartford, LouFest, Mayflower, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Outreach International, Pleats, St. Louis Rams, St. Louis University, The Magic House and United Van Lines.

Saint Louis Assembly

In 2013 the location was floated as a possibility for the site for a new stadium for the St. Louis Rams if plans to renovate Edward Jones Dome do not materialize.

Shahid Khan

Khan's first attempt to purchase a National Football League team came in February 11, 2010, when he entered into an agreement to acquire 60 percent of the St. Louis Rams from Chip Rosenbloom and Lucia Rodriguez, subject to approval by other NFL owners.

Terry Joyce

Over the next few years Joyce attended training camps with the Detroit Lions, L.A. Rams and San Francisco 49ers, but never made the final team rosters.

Vic Rapp

After his firing, Rapp served as an assistant with the Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and Arizona Cardinals.

WAAV

Roman Gabriel III, a USFL player and son of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Roman Gabriel, began hosting the station's first five-day-a-week sports talk program August 1, 1994.

Western Illinois University Marching Leathernecks

Their performances have included half-time shows for the Kansas City Chiefs, St. Louis Rams, Indianapolis Colts, and Chicago Bears of the National Football League, as well as exhibition performances at the Bands of America Regional Championships at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Missouri and at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Whitinsville, Massachusetts

Steve Spagnuolo, a recent head coach of the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League, and former defensive coach of the New York Giants, was born in Whitinsville in 1959

Will Furrer

William Mason Furrer (born February 5, 1968, Danville, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Phoenix Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, St. Louis Rams, and Jacksonville Jaguars.


see also

EJD

Edward Jones Dome, a stadium in St. Louis, Missouri and the home of the St. Louis Rams

Mark Clayton

Mark Jermaine Clayton (born 1982), American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens and St. Louis Rams

Miramar High School

Dean Biasucci - Former All Pro NFL placekicker who played for the Indianapolis Colts, St Louis Rams, and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Randy Karraker

He currently hosts The Fast Lane, the top-rated sports radio show in St. Louis, on 101 ESPN, along with former St. Louis Rams defensive tackle D'Marco Farr and former St. Louis Cardinals player Chris Duncan.

Spagnuolo

Steve Spagnuolo, head coach of the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League