2 Rams legends ranked among best athletes from their home states
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Throughout the history of the Rams, they have littered their rosters with incredible all-time talents, regardless of which city the team called home.
Recently, Sports Illustrated released a ranking of the five best athletes from every state in the U.S., and two franchise legends and Pro Football Hall of Famers made the exclusive list.
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Los Angeles Rams and NFL legend Merlin Olsen was ranked as the No. 1 athlete from the state of Utah. Olsen, a native of Logan, Utah, lived one of the most incredible lives ever witnessed by a player. An athlete who transcended sports, Olsen earned All-American honors at Utah State before embarking on a 15-year NFL career with the Rams, earning 14 Pro Bowl selections and eight All-Pro nods.
Olsen was a member of the famed "Fearsome Foursome" and is one of a select few who are members of the College Football Hall of Fame, Pro Football Hall of Fame, and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. Outside of playing, Olsen was a football announcer, actor, businessman, and humanitarian.
St. Louis Rams Super Bowl-winning quarterback Kurt Warner has one of the greatest underdog stories of all-time, going from bagging groceries and playing arena football to winning MVP and Super Bowl MVP honors. Warner was ranked as Iowa's third-best athlete of all time, sitting behind legendary Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Dan Gable and MLB legend Bob Feller.
Warner played for Northern Iowa before embarking on an up-and-down professional career. Warner found stability with the Rams in 1998 as a third-string quarterback, before a 1999 preseason injury to Trent Green pushed Warner into the starting role.
Flanked by stars Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Orlando Pace, and others, Warner commanded the offense on their way to the Lombardi, establishing "The Greatest Show on Turf."
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