Pro Football's Original Powerback
 One of the first blacks to play in professional football. Marion Motley was a member of Paul Brown’s Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and was a major component in 4 conference championships from 1946 to 1949.
 At 6′ 1″, 240 pounds, Motley was a giant during the era he played football. In 8 seasons at Cleveland he rushed for 4720 yards and 31 touchdowns averaging 5.7 yards a carry. He was inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
Image Gallery of Marion Motley, Fullback, 1946-1955
Marion Motely Career Statistics
| Rushing | Receiving | Totals | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Team | Pos | No. | G | Carries | Yards | Y/A | Long | TD | Catches | Yards | Y/R | Long | TD | Touches | Y/Tch | YScm | Total TDs |
| 1946 | 26 | CLE | FB | 76 | 13 | 73 | 601 | 8.2 | 76 | 5 | 10 | 188 | 18.8 | 63 | 1 | 83 | 9.5 | 789 | 6 |
| 1947 | 27 | CLE | FB | 76 | 14 | 146 | 889 | 6.1 | 50 | 8 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 0 | 1 | 153 | 6.3 | 962 | 9 |
| 1948+ | 28 | CLE | FB | 76 | 14 | 157 | 964♦ | 6.1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 192 | 14.8 | 78 | 2 | 170 | 6.8 | 1156 | 7 |
| 1949 | 29 | CLE | FB | 76 | 11 | 113 | 570 | 5.0 | 0 | 8♦ | 15 | 191 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 5.9 | 761 | 8 |
| 1950*+ | 30 | CLE | FB | 76 | 12 | 140 | 810♦ | 5.8♦ | 69 | 3 | 11 | 151 | 13.7 | 41 | 1 | 151 | 6.4 | 961 | 4 |
| 1951 | 31 | CLE | FB | 76 | 11 | 61 | 273 | 4.5 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 34 | 0 | 71 | 4.6 | 325 | 1 |
| 1952 | 32 | CLE | FB | 36 | 12 | 104 | 444 | 4.3 | 59 | 1 | 13 | 213 | 16.4 | 68 | 2 | 117 | 5.6 | 657 | 3 |
| 1953 | 33 | CLE | 36 | 12 | 32 | 161 | 5.0 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 23 | 0 | 38 | 5.5 | 208 | 0 | |
| 1955 | 35 | PIT | 36 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 seasons Browns | 99 | 826 | 4712 | 5.7 | 76 | 31 | 85 | 1107 | 13.0 | 78 | 7 | 911 | 6.4 | 5819 | 38 | ||||
| 1 season Steelers | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 9 year NFL career | 105 | 828 | 4720 | 5.7 | 76 | 31 | 85 | 1107 | 13.0 | 78 | 7 | 913 | 6.4 | 5827 | 38 | ||||
| Â | Rushing | Receiving | Totals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Team | Games | Carries | Yards | Y/A | Lng | Catches | Yards | Y/R | Long | TD | Touches | Y/Tch | YScm | Total TD |
| 1946♣ | 26 | CLE | 1 | 13 | 98 | 7.5 | 50 |  |  |  |  |  | 13 | 7.5 | 98 | 1 |
| 1947♣ | 27 | CLE | 1 | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 51 |  |  |  |  |  | 13 | 8.4 | 109 | 0 |
| 1948+♣ | 28 | CLE | 1 | 14 | 133 | 9.5 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 9.7 | 146 | 3 |
| 1949♣ | 29 | CLE | 2 | 16 | 113 | 7.1 | 63 | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5.7 | 108 | 1 |
| 1950*+♥ | 30 | CLE | 2 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 10 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.4 | 19 | 0 |
| 1951 | 31 | CLE | 1 | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 7.7 | 46 | 0 |
| 1952 | 32 | CLE | 1 | 6 | 74 | 12.3 | 42 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 10.6 | 95 | 0 |
| 1953 | 33 | CLE | 1 | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 0 | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | 10 | 80 | 571 | 7.1 | 63 | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 23 | 0 | 89 | 7.0 | 621 | 5 | ||
- ♥ – NFL Champion
- ♣- AAFC Champion
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