CARD: Upper Deck Legends 1997
ACQUIRED: TTM 2021, C/o Home
SENT: 10/14 RECEIVED: 12/10 (57 days)*
* Fee Enclosed

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

• Jim Marshall played DE for the Ohio State Buckeyes from 1957-58.
• Generational player who helped Buckeyes win by scoring all 14 points (interception, blocked punt, and kicked 2 xp) in a game against Purdue in 1958.
• Left school to play in the CFL for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1959.
• In a rare transaction at the time, was swapped from the CFL-NFL trade to the Cleveland Browns, in exchange for Bob Ptacek.
• Played the 1960 season with Cleveland, before being traded to the Minnesota Vikings along with a few other players for 2 draft picks.
• Went on to play in an improbable 282 games over his 19 season career for the Vikings (starting 270 consecutively)- at the time NFL records.
• Member of the famed Purple People Eaters, played in all 4 of the Vikings Super Bowl appearances.
• At time of retirement in 1979, had played in every game in Vikings club history.
• Finished with 130 sacks- second on the franchise’s record books.

ACCOLADES:

• #70 retired- Vikings
• Record- Most career fumble recoveries (30)
• Record- Most seasons played by a defensive player (20)
• Record- Most consecutive games played by a defensive player (289)
• Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team
• Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team
• 50 Greatest Vikings
• Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor
• Pro Bowl 1968, ’69
• Second Team All-Pro 1964, ’68, ’69

NOTES:

Despite Jim’s resume, and being the ultimate iron man, he’s only been considered a finalist for the HoF. I’ve always considered him a HoFer in my book, and found a card that I finally wanted to get signed after I scraped up the small fee. It’s a nice autograph… a bit smudged, but I’ll take it over the crazy prices they wanted online for a certified.