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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| AAFC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 73 | 601 | 8.2 | 76 | 5 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 146 | 889 | 6.1 | 50 | 8 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 157 | 964 | 6.1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 113 | 570 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 140 | 810 | 5.8 | 69 | 3 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 61 | 273 | 4.5 | 26 | 1 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 104 | 444 | 4.3 | 59 | 1 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 32 | 161 | 5.0 | 34 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| AAFC | 489 | 3024 | 6.2 | 76 | 26 | |
| NFL | 339 | 1696 | 5.0 | 69 | 5 | |
| Totals | 828 | 4720 | 5.7 | 76 | 31 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 63 | 1 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 1 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 78 | 2 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 15 | 191 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 41 | 1 |
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 34 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 13 | 213 | 16.4 | 68 | 2 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 23 | 0 |
| AAFC | 45 | 644 | 14.3 | 78 | 4 | |
| NFL | 40 | 463 | 11.6 | 68 | 3 | |
| Totals | 85 | 1107 | 13.0 | 78 | 7 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 13 | 322 | 24.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 14 | 337 | 24.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 12 | 262 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 35 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
| AAFC | 42 | 974 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 35 | 0 | |
| Totals | 48 | 1122 | 23.4 | 35 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 1 |
| AAFC | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 1 | |
| Totals | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 48 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1953 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1946 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| 1947 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1948 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1949 | AAFC Cleveland Browns | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1951 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1952 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| AAFC | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 186 | |
| NFL | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Totals | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 10 |
| 1947 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 12 |
| 1948 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 14 |
| 1949 | AAFC | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 10 |
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 11 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 |
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)
