1951 Bowman football card of former Cleveland Browns fullback Marion Motley. At 6’1 and 232 pounds, he was a man among boys in his playing days, and in an era when two-way players were still common, he played on defense as a linebacker, which WAS uncommon. Motley played for coach Paul Brown’s Browns for 8 seasons, in the old AAFC and the NFL. The Browns won the AAFC championship all 4 years of the league’s existence, and Motley was the league’s career rushing leader. Motley was named to the NFL All Decade Team for the 1940s (despite playing in the AAFC), the 75th Anniversary All Time Team, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
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