I'm clearly partial to Carl Ekern. Why? It might have been his first game as a Ram, but it was when the Rams played in the Coliseum and I was listening to Dick Engberg call the action. I can't remember what team the Rams were playing, but they were on the Rams' goal line. I want to say Ekern stuffed three plays in a row, but it might have been only two. In any case, he made an impression.

He also went out with his boots on. He was involved in some charity work and was driving up to (I think) a youth camp heading to the Central (aka San Juaquin) Valley from OC. It was early in the AM and he drove off the road and died in the subsequent crash. When I go out, I hope it's while I'm doing something good.