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  1. In his nine professional seasons, he amassed 4,720 yards on 828 carries for an amazing 5.7 yards-per-carry average. When he retired Marion held a host of Browns' club records. In addition to be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1968, Motley was named in 1994 to the NFL’s 75th Anniversary All-Time Team. Statistics.

  2. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Marion Motley (June 5, 1920 – June 27, 1999) was an American football fullback and linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). He was a leading pass - blocker and rusher in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and ended his career ...

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  4. Jun 11, 2020 · Motley’s Retirement and Influence on the Game of Football. If one were to add Motley’s career totals in the NFL with his numbers in the AAFC, he retired with 4,720 yards rushing (5.7 ypc) and 31 touchdowns. His rushing total would put him at number six all time on the Browns rushing list if his AAFC yards were counted.

  5. Apr 3, 2024 · In 1946, Marion Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. Those men’s efforts to play a physically brutal game in the face of societal racism and state-sanctioned Jim Crow laws trailblazed a path for Black athletes in the highest echelons of professional sports ...

  6. Marion Motley (born June 5, 1920, Leesburg, Georgia, U.S.—died June 27, 1999, Cleveland, Ohio) was an African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968. Motley’s bruising running style and exceptional ...

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  7. Gifted football star Marion Motley was one of pro football’s first black players. In 1946, Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the ...

  8. Jan 31, 2021 · Submitted photo Marion Motley, shown here in a publicity photo from the early 1950s, was one of four black players who integrated professional football in 1946, a year before Jackie Robinson broke ...

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