{"id":1141,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1141","headline":"Lawrence McCutcheon, five-time Pro Bowl Rams running back, dies at 76","dek":"McCutcheon spent eight seasons as the Rams' bellwether back before another 32 years building the franchise from its front office.","body":"Lawrence McCutcheon, the running back who powered the Los Angeles Rams before Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk or Todd Gurley ever put on the uniform, died Friday, Oct. 23, following a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was 76.\n\nKnown as \"Clutch,\" McCutcheon played for the Rams from 1972 through 1979, earning five Pro Bowl selections and a second-team All-Pro honor during his eight seasons. He was surrounded by family when he passed away.\n\nAfter his playing career ended, McCutcheon didn't leave the organization. He spent another 32 years working in the Rams' front office, a tenure that stretched across decades of the franchise's history.\n\n\"Through a decade-long playing career and another 32 years in the Rams' front office, Clutch earned the respect and admiration of teammates, opposing players, colleagues, and fans alike,\" his family said in a statement. \"Clutch will be missed and remembered forever.\"\n\nThe family also thanked the community for its support during his illness.","published_at":"2026-10-24T16:05:10.443312+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rams mourn death of legendary five-time Pro Bowler who helped build a dynasty","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rams-mourn-death-legendary-five-213219528.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Lawrence McCutcheon, 5-time Pro Bowl RB for Rams, dies at 76","url":"https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/50261735/lawrence-mccutcheon-dies-76"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Lawrence McCutcheon, longtime Rams running back and executive, dies at 76","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7718584/2026/10/23/lawrence-mccutcheon-rams-running-back-executive-obit/"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Former Rams RB Lawrence McCutcheon dies at 76","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-rams-rb-lawrence-mccutcheon-dies-at-76"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Rams mourn death of legendary five-time Pro Bowler who helped build a dynasty","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/23/sports/rams-legend-lawrence-mccutcheon-dies-at-76-after-battle-with-parkinsons-disease/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Rams RB Lawrence McCutcheon dies at 76","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-rams-rb-lawrence-mccutcheon-214836111.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Colorado State star Lawrence McCutcheon has died","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-colorado-state-star-lawrence-231442491.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Lawrence McCutcheon, 5-time Pro Bowl running back for Los Angeles Rams, dies at 76","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/lawrence-mccutcheon-5-time-pro-001617258.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7db24ad/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F119%2F1015%2Fnbc_pft_matt_staff_261021.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}