Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield of the Los Angeles Rams. (National Football League)

Los Angeles Rams Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield (7) runs upfield during a NFL game in Los Angeles in the 1940's. (National Football League)

These four players, all ball carriers seeking regular jobs on the University of California at Los Angeles football team, looked in mid-season form when they reported for first practice on Sept. 10, 1942. Left to right: Everett Riddle, George Phillips, Bob Waterfield, Babe Horrell. (Associated Press)

Glenn Davis (41) Doc Blanchard (35), Bob Waterfield (7) and Tom Harmon (98) got together at the University of California at Los Angeles during the filming of a football sequence in which Davis, Blanchard and Harmon appear. Waterfield, a former UCLA star now playing for the Los Angeles Rams, joined the three in a workout on August 1,1947. The movie that the players will be featured in is titled "Yankee Rebel." (AP Photo/Ernest K. Bennett)

Clark Shaughnessy, right, coach of the Los Angeles Rams watches as quarterbacks limber up their throwing during a practice session in Hershey, Pa., November 4, 1949. Left to right; Bobby Thomason, Bob Waterfield and Norm Van Brocklin. (Associated Press)

Art Rooney, owner Pittsburgh Steelers, poses with ex-Los Angeles Rams players receiver Elroy Hirsch and quarterback Bob Waterfield. (National Football League)

Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield of the Los Angeles Rams. (National Football League)

Coach Vince Lombardi, left, of the Green Bay Packers is all smiles and coach Bob Waterfield of the Los Angeles Rams is glum as they walk off the Los Angeles Coliseum field together on Dec. 17, 1960. The Packers had just beaten the Rams, 35-21, to win the National Football League's western division championship. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian)

Five members of the Los Angeles Rams who also played at the University of California at Los Angeles, are seen at the Rams' training camp at Compton, Calif., July 31, 1946. Front row, left to right: Jack Finlay, guard; Nate de Francisco, guard; Woody Strobe, end. Back row, left to right: Kenny Washington and Bob Waterfield, backs. (Associated Press)

UCLA's Bob Waterfield on Nov. 11, 1942. (Associated Press)

University of California at Los Angeles quarterback Bob Waterfield on Dec. 19, 1942. (Associated Press)

UCLA's Bob Waterfield on Nov. 11, 1942. (Associated Press)

UCLA's Bob Waterfield on Nov. 11, 1942, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Associated Press)

Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Waterfield of the Los Angeles Rams. (National Football League)