Jim Marshall (defensive end)
Marshall, c. 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: | December 30, 1937 Wilsonville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died: | June 3, 2025 (aged 87) Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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: 4th round, 44th pick | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 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.