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Leonard Allen Marshall Jr. (born October 22, 1961) is a former American football defensive lineman who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Marshall played defensive end for the New York Giants for ten seasons, then played a season each as a defensive tackle for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins. He was a starter on the Giants teams that won Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV. Marshall recently completed a book, ''When the Cheering Stops'', with CBSsports.com writer William Bendetson about the 1990 season and Super Bowl XXV. Marshall was drafted by the Giants in the second round out of Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1983 NFL Draft. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985, 1986, and 1991 seasons and finished his career with 83.5 quarterback sacks in the regular season and another twelve sacks in the post season. He averaged nearly ten sacks a season from 1985 to 1991, and posted double digit sack totals 3 times.〔 He currently is a professor of Sports Management and Executive-in-Residence at Seton Hall University and runs an annual instructional camp for youth football players in south Florida. ==Early life and college== Marshall was born in Franklin, Louisiana. He was the oldest of seven children, whose father, Leonard Marshall Sr., was a foreman at a shipyard.〔Eskenazi, Gerald. (Giants Are Looking To Marshall at Defensive End ), ''The New York Times'', May 1, 1983, accessed May 9, 2007.〕 Initially, Marshall's father did not like the idea of his son playing football, as he thought it was "a stupid game" that would prevent him son from doing more productive things.〔Litsky, Frank. (For Masrshall (sic), Solid Level of Success ), ''The New York Times'', January 4, 1986, accessed May 12, 2007.〕 Later in his life however, Marshall Sr. expressed happiness over his son's success, and even rooted against his beloved Dallas Cowboys when his son's Giants teams played them. Giants Are Looking To Marshall at Defensive End], ''The New York Times'', May 1, 1983, accessed May 9, 2007. Marshall majored in Business Management at LSU. He chose the school over the University of Alabama and its Hall of Fame coach Bear Bryant, because of the school's academic reputation and because it allowed him to stay close to home.〔 Marshall played a crucial role in LSU's 1982 victory over Alabama, making several key tackles and prompting Bryant to state his regret in a post-game press conference for his inability to recruit Marshall.〔Mulé. pg. 156–59〕 The team finished 8–3–1〔(Louisiana State University Tigers – All Season Records ), cfreference.net, accessed may 12, 2007.〕 and narrowly lost, 21–20, to the University of Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.〔(Orange Bowl – All Games ), cfreference.net, accessed may 12, 2007.〕 He was named the team's defensive Most Valuable Player for his performance in the 1982 season.〔(2005 LSU Media Guide ) (PDF), lsusports.net, accessed May 12, 2007.〕 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「Leonard Marshall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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