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Marion Motley

Marion Motley

Position: FB-LB
Height: 6-1    Weight: 232 lbs.

Born: June 5, 1920 in Leesburg, GA
College: South Carolina St., Nevada-Reno   (school history)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 30 (3204th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler & 2-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1968

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Hall of Fame

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb AV
1946 26 CLE FB 13 10 73 601 5 76 8.2 46.2 5.6 10 188 18.8 1 63 0.8 14.5 789 6 0 0
1947 27 CLE KR/FB 14 12 146 889 8 50 6.1 63.5 10.4 7 73 10.4 1 0 0.5 5.2 962 9 0 0
1948+ 28 CLE KR/FB 14 14 157 964 5 0 6.1 68.9 11.2 13 192 14.8 2 78 0.9 13.7 1156 7 0 0
1949 29 CLE KR/FB 11 10 113 570 8 0 5.0 51.8 10.3 15 191 12.7 0 0 1.4 17.4 761 8 0 0
1950*+ 30 CLE FB 76 12 0 140 810 3 69 5.8 67.5 11.7 11 151 13.7 1 41 0.9 12.6 961 4 5 15
1951 31 CLE FB 76 11 0 61 273 1 26 4.5 24.8 5.5 10 52 5.2 0 34 0.9 4.7 325 1 1 6
1952 32 CLE FB 36 12 0 104 444 1 59 4.3 37.0 8.7 13 213 16.4 2 68 1.1 17.8 657 3 2 6
1953 33 CLE fb 36 12 0 32 161 0 34 5.0 13.4 2.7 6 47 7.8 0 23 0.5 3.9 208 0 1 4
1955 35 PIT 36 7 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 1.1 0.3 8 0 0 1
Career 106 46 828 4720 31 76 5.7 44.5 7.8 85 1107 13.0 7 78 0.8 10.4 5827 38 9 32
8 yrs CLE 99 46 826 4712 31 76 5.7 47.6 8.3 85 1107 13.0 7 78 0.9 11.2 5819 38 9 31
1 yr PIT 7 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 1.1 0.3 8 0 0 1

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1946 26 CLE FB 13 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 3 53 0 0 17.7 842
1947 27 CLE KR/FB 14 12 13 322 0 0 24.8 1284
1948+ 28 CLE KR/FB 14 14 14 337 0 0 24.1 1493
1949 29 CLE KR/FB 11 10 12 262 0 0 21.8 1023
1952 32 CLE FB 36 12 0 3 88 0 35 29.3 745
1953 33 CLE fb 36 12 0 3 60 0 22 20.0 268
Career 106 46 1 0 0 0 0.0 48 1122 0 35 23.4 6949

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
1946 26 CLE FB 13 10 1 0 0 0 0
1947 27 CLE KR/FB 14 12 1 48 1 48 0
1950*+ 30 CLE FB 76 12 0 0 5 3 0 0
1951 31 CLE FB 76 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
1952 32 CLE FB 36 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
1953 33 CLE fb 36 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
Career 106 46 2 48 1 48 0 0 9 4 0 0

Passing

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
1948+ 28 CLE KR/FB 14 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
1952 32 CLE FB 36 12 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Career 106 46 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1946 26 CLE FB 13 10 5 1 6 36
1947 27 CLE KR/FB 14 12 8 1 1 10 60
1948+ 28 CLE KR/FB 14 14 5 2 7 42
1949 29 CLE KR/FB 11 10 8 8 48
1950*+ 30 CLE FB 76 12 0 3 1 4 24
1951 31 CLE FB 76 11 0 1 1 6
1952 32 CLE FB 36 12 0 1 2 3 18
Career 106 46 31 7 1 39 234

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1950

First-Team All-Pro
1948
1950

Rushing Att
1947 AAFC 146 (4)
1948 AAFC 157 (3)
1949 AAFC 113 (8)
1950 NFL 140 (5)
1952 NFL 104 (6)

Rushing Yds
1946 AAFC 601 (4)
1947 AAFC 889 (3)
1948 AAFC 964 (1)
1949 AAFC 570 (3)
1950 NFL 810 (1)
1952 NFL 444 (6)
Career 4720 (132)

Rushing TD
1946 AAFC 5 (5)
1947 AAFC 8 (4)
1948 AAFC 5 (10)
1949 AAFC 8 (1)
Career 31 (170)

Long Rush
1946 AAFC 76 (1)
1947 AAFC 50 (3)
1950 NFL 69 (9)
1952 NFL 59 (8)

Yds/Rushing Att
1947 AAFC 6.1 (4/29)
1948 AAFC 6.1 (2/29)
1949 AAFC 5.0 (5)
1950 NFL 5.8 (1/48)
1952 NFL 4.3 (5)
Career 5.7 (7)

Rushing Yds/Game
1946 AAFC 46.2 (4)
1947 AAFC 63.5 (3)
1948 AAFC 68.9 (1)
1949 AAFC 51.8 (3)
1950 NFL 67.5 (2)
1952 NFL 37.0 (7)
Career 44.5 (171)

Long Reception
1946 AAFC 63 (5)
1948 AAFC 78 (2)

Touchdowns
1946 AAFC 6 (9)
1947 AAFC 10 (4)
1949 AAFC 8 (3)

Points Scored
1947 AAFC 60 (6)
1949 AAFC 48 (4)

Rushing/Receiving TD
1946 AAFC 6 (7)
1947 AAFC 9 (7)
1949 AAFC 8 (3)

Non-Offensive TDs
1947 AAFC 1 (5)

Yds From Scrimmage
1946 AAFC 789 (4)
1947 AAFC 962 (7)
1948 AAFC 1156 (4)
1949 AAFC 761 (5)
1950 NFL 961 (5)

All-Purpose Yds
1946 AAFC 842 (9)
1947 AAFC 1284 (7)
1948 AAFC 1493 (4)
1949 AAFC 1023 (8)

Touches
1947 AAFC 166 (5)
1948 AAFC 184 (5)
1949 AAFC 140 (4)
1950 NFL 151 (9)

Yds/Touch
1947 AAFC 7.7 (8)
1948 AAFC 8.1 (5)
1949 AAFC 7.3 (10)

Kick Returns
1947 AAFC 13 (8)
1948 AAFC 14 (6)
1949 AAFC 12 (7)

Kick Return Yds
1947 AAFC 322 (9)
1948 AAFC 337 (6)
1949 AAFC 262 (8)

Yds/Kick Return
1948 AAFC 24.1 (3)
1949 AAFC 21.8 (6)

Intercept. Ret. TD
1947 AAFC 1 (2)

Long Intercep. Return
1947 AAFC 48 (3)

   

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19461st TeamAll-AAFCAAFC
19462nd TeamAll-AAFCAssociated Press
19461st TeamAll-AAFCNY Daily News
19461st TeamAll-AAFCUPI
19471st TeamAll-AAFCAAFC
19472nd TeamAll-AAFCAssociated Press
19471st TeamAll-AAFCNY Daily News
19481st TeamAll-NFL/AAFCSporting News
19481st TeamAll-AAFCAAFC
19481st TeamAll-AAFCAssociated Press
19481st TeamAll-AAFCNY Daily News
19481st TeamAll-AAFCUPI
19492nd TeamAll-AAFCAAFC
19491st TeamAll-AAFCNY Daily News
19492nd TeamAll-AAFCUPI
19501st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19501st TeamAll-NFLNY Daily News
19501st TeamAll-NFLUPI