History of the Los Angeles Rams
From the Coliseum and Anaheim to the 2016 return and SoFi Stadium.
The Rams spent two spells in Southern California: 1946 to 1994, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and from 1980 at Anaheim Stadium, and again from 2016, first back at the Coliseum and from 2020 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Quick Facts
- Los angeles years
- 1946-1994, 2016-present
- Home grounds
- LA Memorial Coliseum (1946-1979, 2016-2019), Anaheim Stadium (1980-1994), SoFi Stadium (2020-)
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Background
Owner Dan Reeves won permission to move the Cleveland Rams to Los Angeles in January 1946, and the club signed Kenny Washington on March 21 and Woody Strode on May 7, giving it two black players for the 1946 season. From 1949 to 1955 the Rams reached four NFL title games and won the 1951 championship, with Bob Waterfield, Norm Van Brocklin, Elroy Hirsch and Tom Fears driving the league's best offense; Hirsch caught 1,495 yards and 17 touchdowns in 1951.
In the 1960s the 'Fearsome Foursome' line of Rosey Grier, Merlin Olsen, Deacon Jones and Lamar Lundy defined the team, and the 1967 club under George Allen became the first NFL team to draw over a million fans in a season. Chuck Knox's teams of 1973-1977 won with defence, led by Jack Youngblood. The team moved to Anaheim Stadium in 1980. Under John Robinson, Eric Dickerson ran for an NFL-record 2,105 yards in 1984, and the 1985 team lost the NFC Championship Game 24-0 to Chicago.
After the 1994 season the Rams left for St. Louis; they came back for 2016, hired 30-year-old Sean McVay as the youngest head coach in NFL history on January 12, 2017, and won Super Bowl LVI in their new stadium.
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