Ed Meador Eddie Doyle Meador ( born August 10 , 1937 in Dallas , Texas ) is a former professional American football defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams from 1959 to 1970 . High school . Meador graduated from Russellville High School in 1955 as an Arkansas All - State football player and a three - sport letterman in football , basketball , and track . He has been inducted into the Russellville High School Hall of Fame . College . Meador attended Arkansas Tech University in Russellville , Arkansas . During his college career , spanning 1955 - 1959 , Meador seldom left the playing field because he was the tailback , a defensive back , a return specialist , and a co - captain for the Wonder Boys . In addition to football , Meador played basketball and ran track for ATU . Meador was named All - Conference in the AIC for 3 seasons and was named Little All - American following his senior season at Tech . His collegiate career includes rushing for 3 , 410 yards and scoring 259 points . There were other tremendous single - game , single - season , and career achievements that resulted in unofficially setting 19 collegiate records , which have since been surpassed . To cap off his career , Meador was invited to play in the Optimist Bowl in Tucson , Arizona , where all - star - caliber football players from Division I were pitted against all - star - caliber football players from smaller colleges . Playing alongside all - star teammates such as John Madden and John Wooten , Meador ' s team was narrowly defeated by the players of Division I . He was voted Arkansas Amateur Athlete of the Year in 1958 . In 1959 Meador graduated with a teaching degree ( Social Studies and Physical Education ) . NFL . Meador was drafted in the 7th Round of the 1959 NFL draft , as the 80th pick overall . He was a starter as a rookie at comerback and was voted the Rams ' Defensive Rookie of the Year . Meador was voted to the Pro Bowl the following season , as well as being names Second - team All - Pro . In 1961 Meador tied for the NFL lead in fumbles recovered with 5 and was named All - Conference by " The Sporting News " . The following season , 1962 , Meador was honorable mention All - Pro and set a Ram record by blocking 4 kicks . In 1963 he was Second - team All - Pro and intercepted six passes . In 1964 Meador was moved from cornerback to free safety . He recorded 95 tackles and was named All - Conference by " The Sporting News " ( an honor he would receive every year from 1964 through 1969 ) . In 1965 he led the Rams with 126 tackles and was named Second - team All - Pro for the third time . He was the holder for the Rams placekicks and on a fake field goal attempt he ran 17 yards for a touchdown . In 1966 Meador picked off 5 passes , recovered 3 fumbles logged 97 tackles on an improving 8 - 6 Rams team , that was headed by George Allen . The following season Meador had 100 tackles , intercepted 8 passes ( returning 2 for touchdowns ) and was named First - team All - pro for the first time in his career . It was an honor he would also receive in both 1968 and 1969 . In 1969 Meador logged 102 tackles and picked off 5 passes while making First - team All - Pro for the third time in as many seasons . Legacy . Meador retired after the 1970 season . Meador in still the Rams All - time interception leader ( with 46 ) and hold the team record for most opponents fumbles recovered ( 18 ) and blocked the most kicks in team history with 10 . Along the way Meador was voted the Rams " defensive back of the year " seven times and was named to the Los Angeles Rams All - Time team in both 1970 and 1985 and voted to the NFL ' s All - Decade Team for the 1960s . Meador was a three - time First - team All - Pro and a three - time Second - team All - Pro . In addition he was a seven - time All - Western conference selection by " The Sporting News " to match his six Pro Bowl Selections .