Jim Marshall (defensive end)
James Lawrence Marshall (born December 30, 1937) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Ohio State, 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.
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | December 30, 1937 Wilsonville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 248 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | East (Columbus, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State (1956–1958) | ||||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 4 / Pick: 44 | ||||||||||||||||
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Marshall recovered an NFL record 29 opponents' fumbles, including his 1964 "wrong-way run", a play in which he recovered a fumble and returned it 66 yards in the wrong direction into his own end zone, where he threw the ball out of bounds, resulting in a safety for the San Francisco 49ers. He owns the career records for most consecutive starts (270) and most games played (282) by a defensive player.