Marshall joined the Ohio State Hall of Fame, left the school early and played in the Canadian football league in 1959.
He was then selected in the Draft Draft 1960 – which was made by drawing names from a box – of Houston Oilers and took 44. Seat in total of Browns in the NFL draft. Marshall started seven games and played in 12 as a rookie. The defense was traded to the Vikings after that period and joined the right to vote in its early year.
Marshall was the implementation of the hard and devastating of the Vikings in the 1970s and endured a hard winter game at the Metropolitan Stadium. He was the same symbol of the construction of the NFL enlargement team in a perpetual master.
From 1968 to 1978, Marshall and Minnesota went to the season 10 times in 11 periods and collected 10 NFC Central Division titles and quartet of Super Bowl Berths. Sorry for Marshall and Co. Finished each Super Bowl trip short of victory, with losses on Kansas City Chiefs (Super Bowl IV), Miami Dolphins (VIII), Pittsburgh Steelers (IX) and Oakland Raiders (XI).
Along the way, Marshall became a member of one of the most defense – and memorable nicknames – in the NFL Chronicle.
Marshall, Hall of Famers Alan Page and Carl Eller and Gary Larsen merged to form a highly defensive front that referred to him as a “purple gang.” It was the nickname “purple people” that most people would refer to them though. The group later saw Doug Sutherland instead of Larsen.
Marshall was a pro bowler in the back of 1968-1969 and merged for unofficial 24 sacks during this period, on pf. He had four seasons with a two -digit bag according to PFR. He also had 30 fumble recovery in the career.
His career in the NFL began in 1960 at the age of 23 and ended after the 1979-42 year campaign.
Marshall was made for hard winter Minnesota, able to endure and prosper when the Vikings sailed to NFL and NFC superiority at the time.