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Uniform Numbers of the NFL:

All-Time Rosters, Facts and Figures

The St. Louis Rams

The following corrections cover errors and omissions that may appear in early pressings of the book. If anyone has evidence of more correct numbers, please contact me.

Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams

Typographical Errors

Bob De Fruiter (50) was a DB not DG
Coy Bacon (79) was a DT not OT
Paul Rickards (50) not Richards
John Bettridge (6) not Benridge
Tom Keane (10) not Keaner
Roy Wilkins (78) not Ray
Jim Worden (21) not Warden
Lewis Bostick (25) not Bostic
Red Chesbro (35) not Cheubro
Bob Hecker (48) not Heckar

Number Errors

Jim Benton wore 30 not 49 in 1942
Bill Bowers wore 42 not 30 in 1954
Boyd Clay also wore 72 in 1942
Red Conkright wore 47 not 37 in 1942 and 1944
Don Currivan wore 34 not 40 in 1949
Richard Davis wore 3 in 1939, 1941-42
Jack Finlay wore 58 not 68 from 1947-51
Hall Haynes wore 22 not 20 in 1955
Red Hickey wore 28 not 53 in 1941
Len Janiak wore 37 not 38 in 1942
Bill Lazetich wore 42 not 24 in 1942
Woodley Lewis wore 20 not 30 in 1955
Ted Livingston wore 31 not 13 from 1938-40
Dante Magnani wore 8 in 1940, 24 in 1941, 69 in 1942 and 3 in 1947-48 -- which means he wore more numbers than anyone in Rams history
Riley Matheson also wore 28 in 1939 and 11 in 1940-42, 1944-47
Barney McGarry wore 52 not 30 in 1942
Kelly Moan also wore 7 in 1939
George Morris wore 49 not 4 in 1942
Larry Morris wore 56 in 1955 and 31 from 1955-57
Maury Patt wore 64 not 2 in 1942
Michael Perrie also wore 15 in 1939
Les Richter wore 67 from 1954-55 and 48 from 1956-62
William Rieth wore 6 in 1941, 54 in 1942 and 3 in 1944-45
Henry Rockwell wore 60 not 17 in 1942
Bruce Smith wore 65 not 56 in 1948
Gaylon Smith wore 49 not 10 in 1942
Cecil Taylor wore 47 not 48 in 1957
Bobby Thomason wore 47 not 65 in 1949
Wilfred Thorpe wore 48 not 26 in 1942
Gordon Wilson wore 31 not 21 in 1941
Tom Wilson wore 24 not 37 in 1957 (Ken Leistner)

Jack Zilly also wore 56 in 1947

Missing Numbers

Ed Skoronski wore 12 in 1937. (Bernie Ruehle)

Jack Boone wore 56 in 1942. (Bernie Ruehle)

Donald Johnson wore 62 in 1942. (Bernie Ruehle)

Stan Skoczen wore 18 in 1944. (Bernie Ruehle)

Roger Brown wore 78 in 1968 as well as 1967 and 1969. (Chuck Bicanich)

Coy Bacon also wore 76 in 1968. (Chuck Bicanich)

Daryl Hall wore 27 in 1987r. (Bernie Ruehle)