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In 1946, Marion Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. Those men’s efforts to play a physically brutal game in the face of societal racism and state-sanctioned Jim Crow laws trailblazed a path for Black athletes in the highest echelons of professional sports, including baseball’s Jackie Robinson.
28. Juni 1999 · Marion Motley, one of the National Football League's first black players of the modern era and one of its best fullbacks ever, died yesterday in Cleveland. He was 79. He was 79.
Gifted football star Marion Motley was one of pro football’s first black players. In 1946, Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the ...
3. Apr. 2024 · In 1946, Marion Motley was one of four African American men to break pro football’s color barrier when he joined the Cleveland Browns. Those men’s efforts to play a physically brutal game in the face of societal racism and state-sanctioned Jim Crow laws trailblazed a path for Black athletes in the highest echelons of professional sports, including baseball’s Jackie Robinson.
Marion Motley – Fullback When Paul Brown signed Marion Motley in the Browns' first training camp in 1946, it was initially to give African-American Bill Willis, whom the head coach had just ...
Marion Motley was the forerunner of the modern fullback. At a time when there were still 180-pounders running the ball, and 220-pound linemen were commonplace, Motley was a solid 240 pounds, and he had a sprinter's speed. It was with Motley at fullback that Browns' coach Paul Brown developed and popularized the "draw" play that is now a standard feature of any passing team.
21. Feb. 2023 · Marion Motley was both a trailblazer and one of the all-time greats. After helping reintegrate pro football in 1946 as part of the Forgotten Four, Motley embarked on a Hall of Fame career that helped the Cleveland Browns become one of the top teams of his era.
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