Bob Waterfield
Robert Stanton Waterfield
Born: July 26, 1920
Elmira, NY USA
Deceased: March 25, 1983
Burbank , CA
Position: QB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 200
College: UCLA
High School: Van Nuys (Los Angeles, CA)
Career: 1945-1952
Drafted: 1944 in Round 5, #42 overall by the Cleveland Rams
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965
Coaching record
Bob Waterfield played from 1945 to 1952 during his career with the Cleveland Rams and Los Angeles Rams. Waterfield threw for 11,849 yards in his career, completing 814 of 1,617 passes with 97 touchdowns and 128 interceptions. He also ran for 21 yards in 75 attempts with 13 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 171 | 89 | 52.0 | 1609 | 9.4 | 14 | 8.2 | 17 | 9.9 | 84 | 72.4 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 251 | 127 | 50.6 | 1747 | 7.0 | 17 | 6.8 | 17 | 6.8 | 57 | 67.6 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 221 | 96 | 43.4 | 1210 | 5.5 | 8 | 3.6 | 18 | 8.1 | 45 | 39.2 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 180 | 87 | 48.3 | 1354 | 7.5 | 14 | 7.8 | 18 | 10.0 | 80 | 60.0 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 296 | 154 | 52.0 | 2168 | 7.3 | 17 | 5.7 | 24 | 8.1 | 71 | 61.3 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 213 | 122 | 57.3 | 1540 | 7.2 | 11 | 5.2 | 13 | 6.1 | 72 | 71.7 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 176 | 88 | 50.0 | 1566 | 8.9 | 13 | 7.4 | 10 | 5.7 | 91 | 81.8 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 109 | 51 | 46.8 | 655 | 6.0 | 3 | 2.8 | 11 | 10.1 | 63 | 35.7 |
| Totals | 1617 | 814 | 50.3 | 11849 | 7.3 | 97 | 6.0 | 128 | 7.9 | 91 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 16 | 5 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 16 | -60 | -3.8 | 6 | 1 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | -4 | -0.8 | 5 | 1 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 13 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 25 | 3 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 9 | -14 | -1.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Totals | 75 | 21 | 0.3 | 25 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 18 | 0 |
Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 34 | 31 | 91.2 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 34 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 37 | 37 | 100.0 | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 55 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 27 | 90.0 | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 48 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 44 | 38 | 86.4 | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 56 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 45 | 43 | 95.6 | 16 | 9 | 56.2 | 70 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 58 | 54 | 93.1 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 75 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 43 | 41 | 95.3 | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 80 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 45 | 44 | 97.8 | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 77 |
| Totals | 336 | 315 | 93.8 | 110 | 60 | 54.5 | 495 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 39 | 1585 | 40.6 | 68 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 39 | 1743 | 44.7 | 65 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 59 | 2500 | 42.4 | 86 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 43 | 1833 | 42.6 | 88 |
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 49 | 2177 | 44.4 | 61 |
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 52 | 2087 | 40.1 | 61 |
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 52 |
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 1276 | 42.5 | 59 |
| Totals | 315 | 13367 | 42.4 | 88 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 29 | 0 |
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 |
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 35 | 0 |
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 228 | 11.4 | 35 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 0 | 9 | 4 | -2 | 0 | ||
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 0 | ||
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 23 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1945 | NFL Cleveland Rams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 64 | ||||||
| 1946 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 61 | ||||||
| 1947 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 54 | |||||
| 1948 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 56 | |||||||
| 1949 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 76 | ||||||||
| 1950 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 0 | 13 | 41 | 0 | 98 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Los Angeles Rams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 0 | 83 | |||||||
| Totals | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 573 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | NFL | Cleveland Rams | 10 | 4 |
| 1946 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 4 |
| 1947 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 8 |
| 1948 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 8 |
| 1949 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 11 |
| 1950 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 6 |
| 1951 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 10 |
| 1952 | NFL | Los Angeles Rams | 12 | 6 |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team
1945 - Joe F. Carr Trophy (MVP)
Honors
1945 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1945 - International News Service All-NFL (2nd Team)
1945 - Chicago Herald American All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1946 - Pro Football Illustrated All-NFL (2nd Team)
1946 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1949 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1949 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1951 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1951 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
