So Cal's All-Time Roster: No. 7

The Van Nuys High grad married actress Jane Russell during his senior season at UCLA, when he was leading the team to the Pacific Coast Conference title. That alone is pretty dandy. Then he made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
So how 'bout Jane Russell?
In a 1945 Time magazine article about his rookie season with the Cleveland Rams, it noted that Waterfield "met a well-stacked, laughing-eyed girl named Jane Russell. At U.C.L.A. he soon became a standout — and a constant source of worry to his teammates, who feared that Howard Hughes's actress 'find' was distracting Bob's mind from football. Jane notwithstanding (he married her in 1943), Bob was the star of the 1942 U.C.L.A. Rose Bowl team. Last year, after a spell in the Army ended in a medical discharge, he again starred in U.C.L.A.'s backfield."
A year after Jackie Robinson led the Bruins in rushing, passing and total offense, Waterfield was the Bruins' leader in total offense in 1941 (780 yards), '42 (1,177) and '44 (980).
After leading Cleveland to the title, the Rams moved to L.A. in '46, where Waterfield split the QB job with Norm Van Brocklin. The result was three more title games, from '49 to '51, capped by the championship over the Cleveland Browns in '51. In the 1950 divisional playoffs, he was unable to practice due to a severe flu he had endured. However, he came off the bench anyway and threw three touchdown passes in a 24-14 win over the Chicago Bears. In his first four seasons, he intercepted a career total of 20 passes. As a punter, he had a 42.4 yard average. As a place kicker, he had 315 successful PATs and 60 field goals. Overall, Waterfield was best known for his ability to throw the deep ball, leading the NFL in passing in '46 and '51.
His final NFL stats: 814 completions, 11,849 yards and 97 touchdowns. He came back to coach the Rams from '60-'62. He was a charter member of the UCLA athletic hall of fame in 1984.
Waterfield, named to the NFL's All-Decade team for the 1940s, went into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in '65 and died 18 years later at the age of 62. And the Rams have his No. 7 retired.
On the Los Angeles Sports Council's list of the 100 Greatest Moments in L.A. Sports history, Waterfield's 1951 title with the Rams was No. 20.

Other No. 7s:
==Lamar Odom, Lakers ('04-'07), Clippers ('99-'03)
==Steve Yeager, Dodgers (’73-’85, also No. 41 in ’72)
==Don Rogers, UCLA football (’80-’83)
==Mark Harmon, UCLA football ('73-'74)
==Zenon Andrusyshyn, UCLA football ('68-'69)
==Mark Carrier, USC football ('87-'89)
==Dennis Thurman, USC football ('74-'77)
==Jimmy Clausen, Oaks Christian High ('03-'06)
==Frankie Kelleher, Hollywood Stars (His No. 7 was retired by the team in 1954)
==Randy Wolf, Pepperdine baseball ('97 All-American)
==Mark Kotsay, Cal State Fullerton baseball ('94-'96)
MVP of the '95 College World Series, Golden Spikes Award winner, selected to the all-time CWS
team, Baseball America's College Player of the Decade for the 1990s
==Brent Hilliard, Long Beach State men's volleyball ('90-'93, retired by team)
==Antoinnette White, Long Beach State women's volleyball ('89-'91, retired by team)

Sports Illustrated's pick for the all-time No. 7: John Elway, over Mickey Mantle

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