Jim Marshall (defensive end)

Jim Marshall

No. 80, 70
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1937-12-30) December 30, 1937 (age 86) Wilsonville, Kentucky, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	248 lb (112 kg)
Career information
High school:	East (Columbus, Ohio)
College:	Ohio State (1956–1958)
NFL draft:	1960 / round: 4 / pick: 44
Career history
Saskatchewan Roughriders (1959) Cleveland Browns (1960) Minnesota Vikings (1961–1979)
Career highlights and awards
NFL champion (1969) 3× Second-team All-Pro (1964, 1968, 1969) 2× Pro Bowl (1968, 1969) 50 Greatest Vikings Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor Minnesota Vikings No. 70 retired National champion (1957) Rose Bowl champion (1957) Third-team All-American (1958) 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (1957, 1958) NFL records Most consecutive games played with one team: 270 Most consecutive starts by a defensive player: 270[a]
Career NFL statistics
Sacks: 130.5[b] Safeties: 1 Fumble recoveries: 30 Interceptions: 1 Interception yards: 30 Defensive touchdowns: 1 Games played: 282 Games started: 277 Stats at Pro Football Reference

James Lawrence Marshall (born December 30, 1937) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons, primarily with the Minnesota Vikings. He 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 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.^[1] He owns the career records for most consecutive starts (270) and most games played (282) by a defensive player.

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