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Critics would probably wonder whether the longest, lushest buildup in cinema history was worth it. Jane, who has privately professed a preference for interior decorating and home life (with her husband, pro football star Bob Waterfield), might at long last be allowed to try them...
...rival Cleveland Rams had their own steamed-up passer, Bob Waterfield, whom not even near-zero weather could cool off. Besides his ball-handling magic and coffin-corner kicks, Quarterback Bob threw passes all afternoon, completed 14 of 27, two of them for the touchdowns that put the Rams on the championship end of a 15-14 score...
...Waterfield is fresh out of col lege. He started being a football hero at Van Nuys (Calif.) High School, where he 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...
...Adam Walsh's fast-breaking T, Quarterback Waterfield proved a rare combination of razzle-dazzle and wheelhorse reliability. In his nine Ram games he has thrown 143 passes and completed 76 for a total gain of 1,449 yards. On defense he leads the league in interceptions, with six. He has place-kicked 29 out of 31 attempted conversions. His favorite play is the "bootlegger": Waterfield simply fakes to other backs, then pulls some fast sleight-of-hand and swings out around end, literally hiding the ball behind his back. This sandlot ruse has made four opponents look sick...
Surges & Hurdles. Bob Waterfield plays college-style football, and so do the Rams. They have romped through a hair-raising season full of fourth-quarter rallies and sporadic scoring surges. Good enough to beat the 1944 champion Green Bay Packers twice, they have every expectation of clearing their final playoff hurdle...