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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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| Born: | August 7, 1944 Bakersfield, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Bakersfield (CA) | ||||||
| College: | Wyoming | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1966 / round: 10 / pick: 143 (by the Pittsburgh Steelers) | ||||||
| AFL draft: | 1966 / round: Red Shirt 11 / pick: 92 (by the Boston Patriots)[1] | ||||||
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Jerry Richard Louis Marion (born August 7, 1944) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the tenth round of the 1966 NFL draft. He was also drafted in the eleventh round of the 1966 AFL Redshirt Draft by the Boston Patriots of the American Football League. Marion played college football at the University of Wyoming and attended Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California.[2] He is the father of NFL player Brock Marion.[3]