Podcast appearances and mentions of James C Sulecki

2017 is the 80th anniversary of the Rams joining the NFL. Most know the Rams are calling Los Angeles home for the second time in their history. However, what few know is that the Rams debuted in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the AFL. Yes, Cleveland was the original home for the Rams, but the team always struggled to attract fans; and after winning the NFL Championship in 1945 and with a new league – the AAFC, and a new team, the Cleveland Browns – about to debut, Rams owner Dan Reeves moved the team to Los Angeles just 27 days after winning the championship. Join Warren Rogan and the author of “The Cleveland Rams, The NFL Champs Who Left Too Soon”, James C. Sulecki for a fascinating look back at the history of the Cleveland Rams. Links: Sports' Forgotten Heroes website Sports' Forgotten Heroes Patreon Page Sports' Forgotten Heroes twitter ©2017 Sports' Forgotten Heroes

Hired at age 30, Sean McVay is the youngest head coach of the NFL’s modern era. But 79 years ago, before the Rams moved from Cleveland to Los Angeles, the team hired 26 (or some say, 27) year old Art “Pappy” Lewis who, like McVay, also hailing from Ohio and also charged with bringing back a sense of razzle-dazzle to a moribund Rams roster. Joshua Neuman speaks to James C. Sulecki whose recent book The Cleveland Rams: The NFL Champs Who Left Too Soon about “Pappy” Lewis and other early icons of Rams history like Damon “Buzz” Wetzel, Hugo Bezdek, and Earl “Dutch” Clark. Neuman and Sulecki discuss the early struggles of the team and their eventual success, which culminated in their 1945 NFL Championship, the Rams first of three championships in three different cities.

Derek Ciapala sat down with James C. Sulecki, author of The Cleveland Rams, The NFL Champs Who Left Too Soon, 1936-1945, to talk about the history of the team in Northeast Ohio.