Jim Marshall (defensive end)
American football player (1937–2025)
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- James Lawrence Marshall (December 30, 1937 – June 3, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings.
- He also holds the league career marks for most consecutive starts (270) and most games played (282) by a defensive player.
- 70, and he was inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor.
- He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1960 NFL draft.
- In 1964, he recovered a fumble and returned it 66 yards in the wrong direction into the Vikings' end zone, where he threw the ball out of bounds, resulting in a safety for the opposition San Francisco 49ers.
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WikipediaJames Lawrence Marshall (December 30, 1937 – June 3, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He recovered an NFL career-record 29 opponents' fumbles. He also holds the league career marks for most consecutive starts (270) and most games played (282) by a defensive player. The Vikings retired his No. 70, and he was inducted into the Vikings Ring of Honor.
Marshall played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, before leaving to play for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1960 NFL draft. Marshall played one season with the Browns before being traded to the Vikings. In 1964, he recovered a fumble and returned it 66 yards in the wrong direction into the Vikings' end zone, where he threw the ball out of bounds, resulting in a safety for the opposition San Francisco 49ers.
Marshall was born on December 30, 1937, in Wilsonville, Kentucky, in Boyle County. His family moved to Columbus, Ohio, when he was five, but he would spend summers in Wilsonville. He attended Columbus's East High School. He was on the football team that was twice undefeated, and was selected All-State, All-City, and a high school All-American.
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