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  1.                                  Marion Motley was one of 
  2.                                  the first black athletes to 
  3.                                  play modern professional 
  4.                                  football. Few people ever 
  5.                                  played the game better. At 
  6. 6' 2" tall and 235 pounds, Marion was a big 
  7. man who preferred to run over tacklers rather
  8. than around them.
  9.  
  10. As a member of the Cleveland Browns,
  11. Marion was the leading rusher in the
  12. All-America Football Conference, a league
  13. that existed from 1946 to 1949. The Browns
  14. (as well as the San Francisco 49ers and the
  15. Baltimore, now Indianapolis, Colts) joined
  16. the NFL in 1950. That year, Marion led the
  17. NFL in rushing. 
  18.  
  19. Marion once rushed for 188 yards on