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The other occasion was in 1962 with the Dallas Texans of the American Football League. Five months after winning the championship, franchise owner Lamar Hunt, realizing he had no prospect of the Texans competing with the NFL's Cowboys in Dallas, relocated the Texans to Kansas City and rebranded them
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Only one month after winning the championship, Reeves overcame the initial objections of his fellow NFL owners, and announced he would be moving the Rams to Los Angeles, citing five years of sustained financial losses, including $ 64,000 in 1945, and poor home attendance in Cleveland: the Rams had
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At the same time, the Rams and their 1945 championship were soon forgotten in Cleveland, in part due to a month-long citywide newspaper strike that paralleled the team's departure. The strike not only delayed coverage, but also muted any public outcry, which was further mollified by the immediate
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The Rams' relocation opened up the Cleveland market to the new Browns, who would be highly successful over the next decade. In the AAFC and the NFL, they won seven championships with ten consecutive championship game appearances between 1946 and 1955, including five championships in succession in
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Waterfield-to-Benton became an aerial threat to opposing teams, with Benton becoming the NFL's first 300-yard receiver by hauling in 10 passes for 303 yards against the Lions on Thanksgiving Day 1945. Benton's performance shattered the mark set by Green Bay Packers legend
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In all likelihood, the only thing that had kept the team in Cleveland until 1945 was wartime travel restrictions, that had been eased with the end of hostilities. Reeves had an eye on the booming and much warmer Los Angeles market since he had bought the team in 1941.
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The Rams bounced back to 5–6 and a third-place finish in 1942, but in the heavy war year of 1943, when many NFL personnel, including Rams' majority owner Reeves, had been drafted into the military, they suspended play for one season.
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finished second to last in home attendance in 1945, ahead of only the long-struggling Cardinals. Even the championship game had drawn a crowd of less than half capacity, undoubtedly not helped by the sub-zero weather.
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game and coach an NFL team. With servicemen beginning to return home, and with the makings of a championship team that included ends
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replacement of the Rams with a team under the popular Brown, despite the fact it would be playing in a fledgling upstart league.
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Once in Los Angeles, the Rams were required to integrate their team with African-American players as a condition to rent the
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on the squad, the Rams improved to 5–5–1 in 1939 and 4–6–1 in 1940 before falling back to 2–9 in 1941, the year that
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to become the first of only two professional football champions to play the following season in another city.
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Reeves had also realized his Rams would not be able to compete in the Cleveland market against the incoming
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became coach, and guided the team to four victories in its last eight games and a 4–7 record.
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as a receiver, the team went 5–2–2 in its first season, finishing in second place, behind the
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was named head coach for the 1939 season, and with Lewis as his assistant and with star back
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US professional football team from 1936 to 1945, predecessor to Los Angeles Rams
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and because the name was short and would fit easily into a newspaper headline.
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in 1985. It still stands as the fourth-most receiving yards in a single game.
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The franchise began to rebound in 1944 under the direction of general manager
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The only loss on the Rams' 9–1 regular-season record came against the
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where the franchise stayed for 21 seasons before moving back to
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The Cleveland Rams: The NFL Champs Who Left Too Soon, 1936–1945
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The Rams, led by Waterfield, who was married to Hollywood star
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The Rams franchise, founded in 1936 by attorney/businessman
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Coached by Wetzel, and featuring future Hall-of-Fame coach
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helped to jump-start the reintegration of pro football by
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for 49 years, the Rams franchise moved again after the
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Official Guide of the National Football League: 1937
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led the Cleveland Rams to the 1945 NFL Championship.
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Index

History of the Cleveland Rams
Cleveland Rams logo
Cleveland, Ohio
American Football League
National Football League
Los Angeles Rams
St. Louis Rams
NFL Championship
1945
League Park
Shaw Stadium
Cleveland Stadium
Rams NFL franchise
Cleveland Rams (1936–1945)
Los Angeles Rams (1946–1994)
St. Louis Rams (1995–2015)
Los Angeles Rams (2016–present)
List of seasons
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Cleveland
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second American Football League
1936 season
National Football League
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