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BOB WATERFIELD

Waterfield, Robert Staton
Height: 6-1 Weight: 196
Born: July 26, 1920 Elmira, NY
Died: March 25, 1983 Burbank, CA
High School: Van Nuys (Los Angeles, CA)

Year	College	Status
1940	UCLA
1941	UCLA	Lettered
1942	UCLA	Lettered
1944	UCLA	Lettered

Draft: 5th round (42nd overall) 1944 Cleveland Rams

Military Service: United States Army

NFL Playoff Statistics

Coaching Record

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	7	QB-S	10	4
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	7	QB-DB-K	11	11
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	7	QB-RDH?-K	12	12
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	7	QB-S-K	12	12
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	7	QB	12	12
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	7	K-P	12	5
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	7	QB-K	11	10
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	7	K-QB	12	5
8 Years (NFL)8 Years NFL			92	71

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/19/1944	1944 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1944 CLE NFL
Signed	6/15/1945	1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL
Retired	12/23/1952	1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL

AWARDS
1945 Official NFL Player of the Year
1945 Associated Press All-NFL
1945 United Press All-NFL
1945 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1945 Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL
1945 New York Daily News All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-NFL
1946 United Press All-NFL
1946 Associated Press All-Pro
1949 Associated Press All-NFL
1949 United Press All-NFL
1949 Associated Press All-Pro
1965 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	5	31	34	91.2	-	-	-	1	3	33.3	-	0	64
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	1	37	37	100.0	-	-	-	6	9	66.7	-	0	61
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	1	27	30	90.0	-	-	-	7	16	43.8	-	0	54
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	0	38	44	86.4	-	-	-	6	11	54.5	-	0	56
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	1	43	45	95.6	-	-	-	9	16	56.3	-	0	76
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	1	54	58	93.1	-	-	-	7	14	50.0	-	0	81
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	3	41	43	95.3	-	-	-	13	23	56.5	-	0	98
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	1	44	45	97.8	-	-	-	11	18	61.1	-	0	83
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	13	315	336	93.8	-	-	-	60	110	54.5	-	0	573

FIELD GOALS	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	0/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	3	33.3	0	28
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	2/5	2/2	2/2	0/0	0/0	6	9	66.7	0	37
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	2/8	2/2	2/5	1/1	0/0	7	16	43.8	0	45
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	1/2	1/2	2/4	2/3	0/0	6	11	54.5	0	47
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	1/4	2/3	4/5	2/4	0/0	9	16	56.3	1	46
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	1/6	0/0	5/6	1/2	0/0	7	14	50.0	1	42
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	1/4	5/7	4/7	3/5	0/0	13	23	56.5	3	47
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	2/5	2/4	4/5	3/4	0/0	11	18	61.1	1	45
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	10/36	15/21	23/34	12/19	0/0	60	110	54.5	6	47

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	18	18	1.0	16t	5		0	0
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	16	-60	-3.8	6	1		0	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	3	6	2.0	4	1		0	0
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	7	12	1.7	10	0		0	0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	5	-4	-0.8	5	1		0	0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	8	14	1.8	13t	1		0	0
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	9	49	5.4	25	3			0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	9	-14	-1.6	19t	1		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	75	21	0.3	25	13		0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	171	89	52.0	65	1609	9.4	18.1	84t	14	8.2	17	9.9						72.4
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	251	127	50.6	107	1747	7.0	13.8	57	17	6.8	17	6.8						67.6
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	221	96	43.4	107	1210	5.5	12.6	45	8	3.6	18	8.1		41				39.2
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	180	87	48.3	75	1354	7.5	15.6	80t	14	7.8	18	10.0		23				60.0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	296	154	52.0	118	2168	7.3	14.1	71t	17	5.7	24	8.1		61				61.3
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	213	122	57.3	78	1540	7.2	12.6	72t	11	5.2	13	6.1		62				71.7
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	176	88	50.0	78	1566	8.9	17.8	91t	13	7.4	10	5.7		37				81.8
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	109	51	46.8	47	655	6.0	12.8	63t	3	2.8	11	10.1		31				35.7
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1617	814	50.3	675	11849	7.3	14.6	91t	97	6.0	128	7.9		255				61.6

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL		2		14	7.0	18	0		0	0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		3		19	6.3	18	0		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	6	92	15.3	29	0
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	5	72	14.4	28	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	5	56	11.2	35	0
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	4	8	2.0	5	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	20	228	11.4	35	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	39	1585	40.6	68	1
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	39	1743	44.7	65	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	59	2500	42.4	86	1
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	43	1843	42.9	88	0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	49	2177	44.4	61	1
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	52	2087	40.1	61	2
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	4	166	41.5	52	0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	30	1276	42.5	59	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	315	13377	42.5	88	5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	2		34	17.0	18	0	0	0
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	1		12	12.0	12	0	0	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	1		2	2.0	2	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4		48	12.0	18	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1945 Cleveland Rams (NFL)1945 CLE NFL	9		4	0	4	-2	0
1946 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1946 LARM NFL	6		3	0	3	0	0
1947 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1947 LARM NFL	2		2	2	4	-3	0
1948 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1948 LARM NFL	5		3	1	4	0	0
1949 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1949 LARM NFL	4		3	0	3	0	0
1950 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1950 LARM NFL	4		1	0	1	0	0
1951 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1951 LARM NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1952 Los Angeles Rams (NFL)1952 LARM NFL	4		3	0	3	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	36		20	3	23	-5	0

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