Jim Marsalis

Jim Marsalis
Career information
Date of birth	(1945-10-10) October 10, 1945
Place of birth	Pascagoula, MS
Position(s)	Cornerback
College	Tennessee State
AFL draft	1969 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23
Career history
As player
(1969)	Kansas City Chiefs (AFL)
(1970–1976)	Kansas City Chiefs
(1977)	New Orleans Saints
Career highlights and awards
Pro Bowls	AFL All-Star 1969 NFL Pro Bowl 1970
Honors	PFW 1969 AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year American Football League Champion, 1969 Super Bowl Champion (IV) Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame
Career stats
ppInterceptions ]]	15
INT yards	116
Fumble recoveries	6
Games played	90
Games started	51
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

James "Jim" Marsalis (born October 10, 1945) was an American college and Professional Football player. He played nine professional seasons as a cornerback for Tennessee State, from the 1969 American Football League season through the 1977 NFL season. He helped the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs beat the defending World Champion New York Jets in the first game of the 1969 AFL playoffs, making two interceptions off the Jets' Joe Namath. Following that, he started in the Fourth AFL-NFL World Championship Game for the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, defeating the Minnesota Vikings in the last World Championship game played between the AFL Champions and those of the National Football League. Marsalis was selected by Pro Football Weekly as the 1969 AFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

1969 NFL draft first-round selections

O. J. Simpson George Kunz Leroy Keyes Joe Greene Greg Cook Ron Sellers Ted Kwalick Larry Smith Marty Domres Jim Seymour Bill Stanfill Rich Moore Fred Dryer Rufus Mayes Ron Pritchard Gene Washington John Shinners Bob Babich Roger Wehrli Ron Johnson Bob Klein Art Thoms Jim Marsalis Calvin Hill Eddie Hinton Dave Foley

Dallas Texans / Kansas City Chiefs first-round draft picks

Haynes Holub Bull Buchanan E. Budde Beathard Sayers Brown Trosch Moorman Daney Marsalis Smith Wright Kinney W. Green Walters G. Green Still Bell Fuller B. Budde Scott Hancock Blackledge Maas Alt Horton Jozwiak Palmer Smith Thomas Snow Williams Carter Hill Jenkins Woods Gonzalez Riley Tait Morris Sims L. Johnson D. Johnson Hali Bowe Dorsey Albert Jackson Berry Baldwin Poe Fisher Ford Peters

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Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV Champions

3 Jan Stenerud 6 Warren McVea 10 Mike Livingston 12 Tom Flores 14 Ed Podolak 15 Jacky Lee 16 Len Dawson (MVP) 18 Emmitt Thomas 20 Goldie Sellers 21 Mike Garrett 22 Willie Mitchell 23 Paul Lowe 24 Caesar Belser 25 Frank Pitts 30 Gloster Richardson 32 Curtis McClinton 38 Wendell Hayes 40 Jim Marsalis 42 Johnny Robinson 44 Jerrel Wilson 45 Robert Holmes 46 Jim Kearney 51 Jim Lynch 55 E. J. Holub 60 George Daney 61 Curley Culp 63 Willie Lanier 65 Remi Prudhomme 66 Bob Stein 71 Ed Budde 73 Dave Hill 74 Gene Trosch 75 Jerry Mays 76 Mo Moorman 77 Jim Tyrer 78 Bobby Bell 82 Ed Lothamer 83 Morris Stroud 84 Fred Arbanas 85 Chuck Hurston 86 Buck Buchanan 87 Aaron Brown 89 Otis Taylor

Head coach: Hank Stram

Coaches: Tom Bettis Darrel Brewster Tommy O'Boyle Tom Pratt Bill Walsh

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