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MARION MOTLEY

Motley, Marion
Height: 6-1 Weight: 232
Born: June 5, 1920 Leesburg, GA
Died: June 27, 1999 Cleveland, OH
High School: McKinley (Canton, OH)

Year	College	Status
1939	Nevada-Reno
1940	Nevada-Reno	Lettered
1941	Nevada-Reno	Lettered
1942	Nevada-Reno	Lettered

Military Service: United States Navy

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	76	FB-LLB	13	13
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	76	FB-MLB	14	14
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	76	FB	14	14
1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1949 CLE AAFC	76	FB	11	10
1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1950 CLE NFL	76	FB	12	12
1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1951 CLE NFL	76	FB-LB	11	10
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	36	FB	12	10
1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1953 CLE NFL	36	FB	12	0
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	36	FB	7	0
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			106	83

Transaction	Date	Team
Signed	8/10/1946	1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC
Retired	9/20/1954	1954 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1954 CLE NFL
Signed	5/17/1955	1955 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1955 CLE NFL
Traded	9/7/1955	1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL
Released	10/31/1955	1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL

AWARDS
1948 Associated Press All-Pro
1948 The Sporting News All-Pro
1950 Associated Press All-NFL
1950 United Press All-NFL
1950 United Press All-NFL
1950 New York Daily News All-NFL
1968 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	6	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	36
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	10	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	60
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	7	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	42
1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1949 CLE AAFC	8	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	48
1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1950 CLE NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1951 CLE NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	39	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	234

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	73	601	8.2	76t	5
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	146	889	6.1	50t	8
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	157	964	6.1		5
1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1949 CLE AAFC	113	570	5.0		8
1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1950 CLE NFL	140	810	5.8	69t	3
1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1951 CLE NFL	61	273	4.5	26	1			0
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	104	444	4.3	59	1
1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1953 CLE NFL	32	161	5.0	34	0			0
1955 Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)1955 PIT NFL	2	8	4.0	8	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	828	4720	5.7	76t	31		0	0	0

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	39.6
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0	0	0	39.6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	0	0.0	3	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0		0	0	0	0	39.6

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC		10		188	18.8	63	1
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC		7		73	10.4		1
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC		13		192	14.8	78t	2
1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1949 CLE AAFC		15		191	12.7		0
1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1950 CLE NFL		11		151	13.7	41	1
1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1951 CLE NFL		10		52	5.2	34	0			0
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL		13		213	16.4	68t	2
1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1953 CLE NFL		6		47	7.8	23	0		1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		85		1107	13.0	78t	7		1	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	1	0	0.0	0	0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	1	48	48.0	48t	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	48	24.0	48t	1

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1		0	0.0	0	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1946 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1946 CLE AAFC	3		53	17.7	20	0	1	0
1947 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1947 CLE AAFC	13		322	24.8		0
1948 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1948 CLE AAFC	14		337	24.1		0
1949 Cleveland Browns (AAFC)1949 CLE AAFC	12		262	21.8		0
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	3		88	29.3	35	0		0
1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1953 CLE NFL	3		60	20.0	22	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	48		1122	23.4	35	0	1	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1950 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1950 CLE NFL	5		2	1	3	0	0
1951 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1951 CLE NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1952 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1952 CLE NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1953 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1953 CLE NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	9		3	1	4	0	0

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