Nolan Neil Cromwell was born on January 30,1955 and is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League.
26 Facts About Nolan Cromwell
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Nolan Cromwell played college football for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he earned All-American honors.
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Nolan Cromwell became a coach and was the Rams' wide receivers coach from 2010 to 2011.
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Nolan Cromwell played in the town of Ransom, Kansas while attending Logan High School as a freshman, helping the basketball team win a state championship.
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When his family moved to Ransom, Nolan Cromwell earned the nickname the "Ransom Rambler" while attending Ransom High School as a standout in football, basketball and track.
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Nolan Cromwell was a national AAU junior champion in the decathlon, a three-time state champion in track and earned consensus All-State honors in football and basketball.
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Nolan Cromwell was named the Wichita Eagles high school football player of the decade for the 1970s.
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Nolan Cromwell was an honorable mention All-America quarterback for the University of Kansas Jayhawks under coach Bud Moore.
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Nolan Cromwell started at quarterback for two seasons, throwing 92 passes and completing 33 for 606 yards.
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Nolan Cromwell is one of KU's ten 1,000-yard rushers in school history.
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In 1975, Nolan Cromwell rushed 294 and 187 yards in the Oregon State and Wisconsin games, respectively, and finished the season with 1,124 rushing yards.
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Nolan Cromwell holds the Kansas record for most rushes by a Kansas player in a Bowl game.
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Nolan Cromwell earned All-America honors in the 600-yard run and the 440 intermediate hurdles while setting KU records in the 600-meter and 400-meter yard runs, the intermediate hurdles and the decathlon and qualified for the US Olympic trials in the low hurdles.
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Nolan Cromwell was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Nolan Cromwell was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams as a defensive back in the second round, with the 32nd pick, in 1977 and played his entire 11-year career in Los Angeles.
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Nolan Cromwell was the Rams' nickelback in 1977 and 1978 and a standout on special teams; running a fake field goal as a holder was Cromwell's specialty.
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Nolan Cromwell was named the 1980 NFC Defensive Player of the Year by UPI and by the Kansas Committee of 101, and was named by Football Digest as the NFL Defensive Back of the Year in four consecutive years: 1980 through 1983.
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Nolan Cromwell was selected to play in four consecutive Pro Bowls, from 1980 to 1983.
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Nolan Cromwell was part of the Rams defenses that performed well in the late 1970s as well as the Top 10 defenses of 1985 and 1986 when Rams qualified for the playoffs five of his last six seasons.
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Nolan Cromwell served as a defensive and special teams assistant in 1991 before being hired by Mike Holmgren to coach special teams for the Green Bay Packers in 1992.
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From 1992 to 1997, Nolan Cromwell headed up the special teams for the Packers.
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Five different times during the 1996 season, one of Nolan Cromwell's players was honored as Special Teams Player of the Week.
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In 1998, he moved from special teams to coach the Packers' wide receivers and Nolan Cromwell worked with the wide receivers at Green Bay in 1998 helping Pro Bowler Antonio Freeman lead the NFL with 1,424 yards on 84 catches.
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Nolan Cromwell was hired by the St Louis Rams as their wide receivers coach on February 10,2010.
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On January 18,2012, Nolan Cromwell was hired as the Senior Offensive Assistant of the Cleveland Browns.
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On February 10,2010, Nolan Cromwell returned to the NFL as a wide receiver coach for the Rams and worked with the likes of Donnie Avery, Mark Clayton, Brandon Gibson, and other to get into synch with new Rams quarterback Sam Bradford.