The Cleveland Rams

The NFL Champs Who Left Too Soon, 1936-1945

James C. Sulecki (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

288 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9943-4 (ISBN)

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Tells the story of how the Rams went from a homegrown Ohio team funded by local businessmen to the first major-league franchise on the West Coast, and how their departure jumpstarted a chain of events in Cleveland that continues to this day.

In 2016 the Rams left St. Louis for Los Angeles--having departed L.A. for St. Louis in 1995--and caused much heartbreak among fans. NFL teams are notorious for decamping to more profitable markets and the Rams' history of opportunistic moves goes back to 1946, when they left Cleveland, their original hometown, where fans had cheered them to a championship a month earlier.

The move to L.A. from Cleveland shocked the NFL and shook up its power structure. It also jolted the all-white league into reintegration, prepared the way for the Browns, and made the Rams the only NFL champs ever to have spent the following season in a different city.

This is the story of how the Rams went from a home-grown Ohio team funded by local businessmen to the first major-league franchise on the West Coast, and how their departure jumpstarted a chain of events in Cleveland that continues to this day.

James C. Sulecki is the corporate content director of a northeastern Ohio business media company. He lives in Mentor, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: “A Champion scram team”

Part I: Start-Up

1. “We became the Rams”

2. Razzle-Dazzled and Bedraggled

3. This Time Pro Football Was Going to Work in Cleveland

4. Rams to the Slaughter

Part II: Upstarts

5. Race-Wrecking Rams

6. The Rams’ Lewis and Clark Expedition

7. “The public be pleased”

8. The War Year, the Lost Year

Part III: On the Up and

9. Twenty Months to a Title

10. The Hero’s Journey to Cleveland

11. A New Power Rises in the West

12. “An even zero”: The Title Game

Part IV: Up and Gone

13. “The public be damned”

14. “The Cleveland Rams ceased to exist”

Appendix: What Became of Selected Individuals

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	36 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-9943-5 / 0786499435
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9943-4 / 9780786499434
Zustand	Neuware