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James Lawrence Marshall (born December 30, 1937) is a retired American football player who played defensive end for the Cleveland Browns (1960) and the Minnesota Vikings (1961–1979). At the time of his retirement, he owned the career records for most consecutive starts (270) and games played (282). He was born in Wilsonville, in Boyle County, Kentucky, near Parksville.〔http://merlenedavis.bloginky.com/2009/06/02/ex-viking-to-be-inducted-into-ky-pro-football-hall-of-fame/〕 Wilsonville was a small settlement where newly freed slaves had lived. Marshall lived there until he was 5, moving to Columbus, Ohio; however, he came back to Wilsonville every summer until he was 15, when his grandfather died. His aunt, Ella Mae Marshall, was the first special education teacher in Boyle County, and she worked to preserve the black school where she and Marshall's mother had taught. ==Football career== Marshall played college football at Ohio State University. He left school before his senior year, and played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1960 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns. Marshall played the 1960 season with the Browns before being traded along with five other players (including fellow defensive lineman Paul Dickson) to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for two draft picks in the 1961 NFL Draft.〔http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/123583374.html〕 He then played from 1961 to 1979 with the Vikings and finished with a then-record 282 consecutive games (since surpassed by Jeff Feagles).〔(Jeff Feagles Giants Player Bio )〕 He started 270 consecutive games while playing for the Vikings,〔(NFL.com: Vikings QB Favre 'grateful' after his NFL-record 271st start in a row )〕 a record since surpassed by Brett Favre. He played in Pro Bowls after the 1968 and 1969 NFL seasons. He recovered 30 fumbles, an NFL record. He was a member of the Vikings' famous "Purple People Eaters" (which consisted of Marshall (DE), Alan Page (DT), Gary Larsen (DT), and Carl Eller (DE), and was the final player from Minnesota's initial expansion team of 1961 to retire. The Vikings credit Marshall with 127 career quarterback sacks, second most in Viking History behind Eller.〔(Vikings: Ring of Honor )〕 He is one of 11 players to have played in all four of the Vikings Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s. Jim Marshall is also a member of The Pigskin Club Of Washington, D.C. National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Marshall (American football)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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