- Named NFL's Most Valuable Player in his rookie season (1945)
- Jane Russell was his high school sweetheart.
- Adopted a girl, Tracy Waterfield, and two boys, Tommy Waterfield and Buck Waterfield, with Jane Russell.
- Quarterback and coach for Los Angeles Rams pro football team.
- Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1965.
- Shared QB duties with fellow HOF'er Norm Van Brocklin in 1950.
- In 1955, Waterfield and Russell formed Russ-Field Productions. Under this banner, they made Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), The King and Four Queens (1956), Run for the Sun (1956), and The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957).
- Ranks 68th on NFL All-Time Passes Intercepted List (128).
- On 2 February 1967, Jane Russell filed for divorce from Waterfield; it was granted in July 1968.
- Went to Van Nuys High School (Los Angeles).
- Quarterback for the Cleveland Rams (1945) and Los Angeles Rams (1946-1952).
- On 12 January 1959, he joined the Los Angeles Rams as a coach. He was Head Coach from 1960 - 1962.
- Drafted in the 3rd round (42nd overall) by the Cleveland (later Los Angeles) Rams in 1944 as a future selection (Waterfield was in the Army)
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 844-845. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
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