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Marion Motley was born on 5 June, 1920 in Leesburg, Georgia, U.S., is an American football player (1920–1999). Discover Marion Motley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 5 June, 1920
Birthday 5 June
Birthplace Leesburg, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death 27 June, 1999
Died Place Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality Georgia

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1920

Marion Motley (June 5, 1920 – June 27, 1999) was an American professional football fullback and linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL).

1939

After he graduated, Motley enrolled in 1939 at South Carolina State College, a historically black school in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

1940

He was a leading pass-blocker and rusher in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and ended his career with an average of 5.7 yards per carry, a record for running backs that still stands.

A versatile player who possessed both quickness and size, Motley was a force on both offense and defense.

Fellow Hall of Fame fullback Joe Perry once called Motley "the greatest all-around football player there ever was".

He played football through high school and at Nevada from 1940 to 1942, before enlisting in the military during World War II.

1941

He transferred before his sophomore year to the University of Nevada, where he was a star on the football team between 1941 and 1943.

As a punishing fullback for the Wolf Pack, Motley played against powerful West Coast teams including USF, Santa Clara, and St. Mary's.

1943

He suffered a knee injury in 1943 and returned to Canton to work after dropping out of school.

1944

While training in the U.S. Navy in 1944, he played for a service team coached by Paul Brown.

Following the war, he then went back to work in Canton.

Paul Brown invited Motley to try out for the Cleveland Browns, a team he was coaching in the newly formed AAFC pro football league.

As United States involvement in World War II intensified, Motley joined the U.S. Navy in 1944 and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

There he played for the Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets, a military team coached by Paul Brown, who was serving in the Navy during an extended leave from his job as head coach of Ohio State University's football team.

Motley played fullback and linebacker at Great Lakes, and was an important component of the team's offense and defense.

1945

The highlight of his time at Great Lakes was a 39–7 victory over Notre Dame in 1945.

Motley was eligible for discharge before the game – it was the final match of the season and the last military game of World War II – but he stayed on to play.

Motley put up an impressive performance, thanks in part to Brown's experimentation with a new play: a delayed handoff later called the draw play.

1946

Motley was also one of the first two African-Americans to play professional football in the modern era, breaking the color barrier along with teammate Bill Willis in September 1946, when the two played their first game for the Browns.

Motley grew up in Canton, Ohio.

Motley made the Browns in 1946, and became a cornerstone of Cleveland's success in the late 1940s.

The team won four AAFC championships before the league dissolved, and the Browns were absorbed by the more established NFL.

After the war, Motley went back to Canton and began working at a steel mill, planning to return to Reno in 1946 to finish his college degree.

That summer, however, Paul Brown was coaching a team in the new All-America Football Conference (AAFC) called the Cleveland Browns.

Motley wrote to Brown asking for a tryout, but Brown declined, saying he already had all the fullbacks he needed.

1948

Motley was the AAFC's leading rusher in 1948, and the NFL leader in 1950, when the Browns won another championship.

Motley and fellow black teammate Bill Willis contended with racism throughout their careers.

1950

Although the color barrier was broken in all major American sports by 1950, the men endured shouted insults on the field and racial discrimination off of it.

"They found out that while they were calling us niggers and alligator bait, I was running for touchdowns and Willis was knocking the shit out of them", Motley once said.

"So they stopped calling us names and started trying to catch up with us."

Focused exclusively on winning, Brown did not tolerate racism within the team.

1953

Slowed by knee injuries, Motley left the Browns after the 1953 season.

1955

He attempted a comeback in 1955 as a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers but was released before the end of the year.

He then pursued a coaching career, but was turned away by the Browns and other teams he approached.

He attributed his trouble finding a job in football to racial discrimination, questioning whether teams were ready to hire a black coach.

1968

Motley was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

Motley was born in Leesburg, Georgia, and raised in Canton, Ohio, where his family moved when he was three years old.

After going to elementary and junior high schools in Canton, Motley attended Canton McKinley High School, where he played on the football and basketball teams.

He was especially good as a football fullback, and the McKinley Bulldogs posted a win–loss record of 25–3 during his tenure there.

The team's three losses all came against Canton's chief rivals, a Massillon Washington High School team led by coach Paul Brown.