Marion Motley

Marion Motley
Born: June 5, 1920
Leesburg, GA USA
Deceased: June 27, 1999
Cleveland, OH
Position: FB-LB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 232
College: South Carolina St., Nevada-Reno
High School: McKinley (Canton, OH)
Career: 1946-1955
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968

Marion Motley played from 1946 to 1955 during his career with the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers. Motley ran for 4,720 yards in his career on 828 attempts, scoring 31 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 85 passes for 1,107 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..


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Passing:

Year Team Att Comp Comp % Yds Yds/Att TDs TD % Ints Int % Long Rating
1948AAFC Cleveland Browns100.000.000.000.039.6
1952NFL Cleveland Browns200.000.000.000.039.6
AAFC100.000.000.000.0
NFL200.000.000.000.0
Totals300.000.000.000.0

Rushing:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns736018.276 5
1947AAFC Cleveland Browns1468896.150 8
1948AAFC Cleveland Browns1579646.15
1949AAFC Cleveland Browns1135705.08
1950NFL Cleveland Browns1408105.869 3
1951NFL Cleveland Browns612734.526 1
1952NFL Cleveland Browns1044444.359 1
1953NFL Cleveland Browns321615.034 0
1955NFL Pittsburgh Steelers284.00
AAFC48930246.276 26
NFL33916965.069 5
Totals82847205.776 31

Receiving:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns1018818.863 1
1947AAFC Cleveland Browns77310.41
1948AAFC Cleveland Browns1319214.878 2
1949AAFC Cleveland Browns1519112.70
1950NFL Cleveland Browns1115113.741 1
1951NFL Cleveland Browns10525.234 0
1952NFL Cleveland Browns1321316.468 2
1953NFL Cleveland Browns6477.823 0
AAFC4564414.378 4
NFL4046311.668 3
Totals85110713.078 7

Punt Returns:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns100.00
AAFC100.00
Totals100.00

Kick Returns:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns35317.70
1947AAFC Cleveland Browns1332224.80
1948AAFC Cleveland Browns1433724.10
1949AAFC Cleveland Browns1226221.80
1952NFL Cleveland Browns38829.335 0
1953NFL Cleveland Browns36020.022 0
AAFC4297423.20
NFL614824.735 0
Totals48112223.435 0

Interceptions:

Year Team No. Yds Avg. Long TDs
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns100.00
1947AAFC Cleveland Browns14848.048 1
AAFC24824.048 1
Totals24824.048 1

Defense and Fumbles:

Year Team Tackle Brup Fum F Rec FYds FTD FF
1950NFL Cleveland Browns5300
1951NFL Cleveland Browns1000
1952NFL Cleveland Browns2100
1953NFL Cleveland Browns10000
NFL094000
Totals0094000

Total Scoring:

Touchdowns Other Total
Year Team Rush Rec Punt Kick MFG Int Fum Other FG X/C Single 2Pt Saf Points
1946AAFC Cleveland Browns5100000036
1947AAFC Cleveland Browns810100060
1948AAFC Cleveland Browns52000042
1949AAFC Cleveland Browns80000048
1950NFL Cleveland Browns3100024
1951NFL Cleveland Browns100006
1952NFL Cleveland Browns12000018
AAFC26400010000000186
NFL530000000000048
Totals31700010000000234


Playing Career:

Year League Team GP GS
1946AAFCCleveland Browns1310
1947AAFCCleveland Browns1412
1948AAFCCleveland Browns1414
1949AAFCCleveland Browns1110
1950NFLCleveland Browns120
1951NFLCleveland Browns110
1952NFLCleveland Browns120
1953NFLCleveland Browns120
1955NFLPittsburgh Steelers70

Awards

- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1940s Team

Honors

1946 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1946 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1947 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1947 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1947 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC Associated Press All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1948 - AAFC The Sporting News All-NFL/AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC United Press International All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1949 - AAFC New York Daily News All-AAFC (1st Team)
1949 - AAFC AAFC All-AAFC (2nd Team)
1950 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1950 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)


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