Wilber Marshall

No. 58, 55

Position:

Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth:

April 18, 1962

Place of birth:

Titusville, Florida

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

231 lb (105 kg)

Career information

High school:

Titusville (FL) Astronaut

College:

Florida

NFL draft:

1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11

Career history

Career highlights and awards

3× First-team All-SEC (1981–1983)
2× Consensus All-American (1982, 1983)
Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
3× Pro Bowl (1986, 1987, 1992)
3× All-Pro (1986, 1991, 1992)
2× Super Bowl champion (XX, XXVI)
NFC Defensive Player of the Year (1992)
NFL Alumni Linebacker of the Year (1993)
2× NFLPA NFC Linebacker of the Year (1992, 1993)
Washington Redskins 70th Anniversary Team

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	179
Games started:	153
Tackles:	1,043
Quarterback sacks:	45
Interceptions:	23
Touchdowns:	3
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

College Football Hall of Fame

Wilber Buddyhia Marshall (born April 18, 1962) is an American former college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for five teams from 1984 until 1995. Marshall played college football for the University of Florida, was twice recognized as a consensus All-American, and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

He was selected in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears and played in Super Bowl XX. Marshall later was part of the Super Bowl XXVI-winning Washington Redskins team, and also played for the Houston Oilers and Arizona Cardinals before finishing his career with the New York Jets.

Early years

Marshall was born in Titusville, Florida.^[1] He attended Astronaut High School in Titusville,^[2] where he was a Parade magazine All-American high school football player for the Astronaut War Eagles.^[3] Future fellow NFL star Cris Collinsworth played quarterback on Astronaut's football team during Marshall's freshman year. In 2007, twenty-nine years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) named Marshall to its "All-Century Team," recognizing him as one of the thirty-three greatest Florida high school football players of the last 100 years.^[3]

College career

Marshall accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a star linebacker for coach Charley Pell's Florida Gators football team from 1980 to 1983.^[4] He was the core of a ferocious Gators defense and finished his college career with 343 tackles, fifty-eight tackles for a loss, and twenty-three quarterback sacks.^[4] Marshall was a three-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection (1981, 1982, 1983) and a two-time consensus first-team All-American (1982, 1983).^[4]^[5] He was a finalist for the Lombardi Award in both 1982 and 1983, and was named "National Defensive Player of the Year" by ABC Sports in 1983.^[4] The Gainesville Sun named him a first-team selection to the Gators "Team of the Century" in 1999, as well as the "Defensive Player of the Century." Marshall was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great,"^[6] and was named to the University of Florida's Ring of Honor in 2007, joining Florida football greats Steve Spurrier, Jack Youngblood, Emmitt Smith and Danny Wuerffel.^[7] Marshall was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.^[2] In one of a series of articles published by The Gainesville Sun in 2006, he was recognized as the No. 4 player among the top 100 all-time Florida Gators.^[8]

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Marshall is perhaps best known as a significant member of two Super Bowl championship teams, the 1985 Bears and the 1991 Redskins. In 1985, the Bears, behind one of the most celebrated defenses in league history, finished the regular season 15–1, shut out both opponents in the playoffs, and beat the New England Patriots 46–10 in Super Bowl XX. In a 37–17 week 16 victory over the Detroit Lions, Marshall delivered a stunning hit on Lions' quarterback Joe Ferguson that left Ferguson flat on his back, knocked out cold. But perhaps Marshall's most memorable moment came in the 1985 NFC Championship Game, against the Los Angeles Rams. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, snow began to fall at Soldier Field, eliciting loud applause from the Bears fans in attendance. On the next play, Bears defensive end Richard Dent sacked Rams quarterback Dieter Brock, causing Brock to fumble the football. Marshall picked up the loose football and, alongside William "The Refrigerator" Perry, ran 52 yards through the falling snow. The Bears beat the Rams 24–0, and Marshall's fumble return for touchdown continues to be the highlight from that game most replayed.^[9] Fox News Chicago also named that play to be the most iconic moment of the game, and of the season, as well. He also had a good performance in the Super Bowl, recording a sack and recovering a fumble. In 1986, Marshall recorded five interceptions and 5.5 sacks and was named first-team All-Pro for the first time.

Washington Redskins

In the spring of 1988, Marshall became the first NFL free agent in eleven years to sign with another team, agreeing to a 5-year, $6 million contract offer to play for the Washington Redskins, the team that had eliminated the Bears from the NFL playoffs in each of the previous two seasons.^[10] When the Bears declined to match the offer, the Redskins had to give them their two first-round draft picks in the next two NFL Drafts as compensation.

Marshall won another championship ring with the Redskins in the 1991 season, when they beat the Buffalo Bills 37–24 in Super Bowl XXVI, and Marshall finished the game with several tackles and a sack. A week before that, he had a superb performance in the Redskins 41–10 win over the Detroit Lions, sacking Detroit quarterback Erik Kramer three times. Marshall was named second-team All-Pro following the 1991 season and was named first-team All-Pro for the second time in his career following the 1992 season. In 1993, Marshall reunited with Buddy Ryan, who had been the Bears' defensive coordinator during Marshall's first two seasons, signing a contract to play for the Houston Oilers. When Ryan left the Oilers to become head coach of the Arizona Cardinals in 1994, Marshall joined him there for one season. He then finished his NFL career in 1995 as a member of the New York Jets.

In his twelve NFL seasons, Marshall recorded forty-five sacks and intercepted twenty-three passes, which he returned for 304 yards and three touchdowns.^[1] He also forced 24 fumbles and recovered sixteen, returning them for seventy yards and two touchdowns.^[1] He is among the few players who have recorded twenty sacks and twenty interceptions in their career.

Life after football

Marshall has spent much of his life after football suffering from injuries he sustained during his professional career. His health has declined as the years progressed, but Marshall has refused to receive surgery to repair his injured spine, shoulder, and knees. Permanently disabled, Marshall’s days of battling other players have been replaced with days of fighting the NFL and the players' union over a settlement pertaining to his injuries.

In 2008, Marshall prevailed in his long-pending dispute over his entitlement to total disability benefits from the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan. However, by this time, he had filed for bankruptcy.^[11] He currently resides in Titusville, Florida.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Wilber Marshall. Retrieved Marsh 17, 2011.
1 2 3 College Football Hall of Fame, Hall of Famers, Wilber Marshall. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
1 2 "FHSAA announces 33-member All-Century football team," Florida High School Athletic Association (December 12, 2007). Retrieved May 26, 2011.
1 2 3 4 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 83, 87, 92, 96, 101–102, 153, 183 (2011). Retrieved August 31, 2011.
↑ 2012 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 8, 9, 14 (2012). Retrieved September 14, 2012.
↑ F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
↑ "Wilber Marshall Named to UF's Ring of Honor," Gatorzone.com (August 15, 2007). Retrieved August 16, 2010.
↑ Robbie Andreu, "No. 4 Wilber Marshall," The Gainesville Sun (August 30, 2006). Retrieved March 30, 2013.
↑ America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions, "#2. 1985 Chicago Bears." Premiered on CBS, Feb. 3, 2007
↑ Thomas George, "Pro Football; Marshall Sparks a Dormant Fire," The New York Times (May 22, 1988). Retrieved August 16, 2010.
↑ See Marshall v. The Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan, 261 Fed. App. 522 (4th Cir. 2008).

Bibliography

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Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
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University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

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Gainesville, Florida

1982 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB John Elway RB Eric Dickerson RB Mike Rozier RB Herschel Walker WR Anthony Carter TE Gordon Hudson OT Jim Covert OT Don Mosebar G Steve Korte G Bruce Matthews C Dave Rimington

Defense	DL George Achica DL Rick Bryan DL Wilber Marshall DL Vernon Maxwell DL Mike Pitts DL Gabriel Rivera DL Billy Ray Smith, Jr. LB Ricky Hunley LB Marcus Marek LB Darryl Talley DB Terry Hoage DB Terry Kinard DB Mike Richardson

Special teams	K Chuck Nelson P Jim Arnold

1983 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Steve Young RB Mike Rozier RB Bo Jackson RB Greg Allen RB Napoleon McCallum WR Irving Fryar TE Gordon Hudson OL Bill Fralic OL Terry Long OL Dean Steinkuhler OL Doug Dawson C Tony Slaton

Defense	DL Rick Bryan DL Reggie White DL William Perry DL William Fuller LB Ricky Hunley LB Wilber Marshall LB Ron Rivera LB Jeff Leiding DB Russell Carter DB Jerry Gray DB Terry Hoage DB Don Rogers

Special teams	PK Luis Zendejas P Jack Weil

70 Greatest Redskins

21 Terry Allen RB 1995–98
41 Mike Bass CB 1969–75
20 Cliff Battles B 1932–37
33 Sammy Baugh QB 1937–52
31 Don Bosseler B 1957–64
53 Jeff Bostic C 1980–93
4 Mike Bragg P 1968–79
80 Gene Brito DE 1951–53, 1955–58
43 Larry Brown RB 1969–76
77 Bill Brundige DE 1970–77
65 Dave Butz DT 1975–88
21 Earnest Byner RB 1989–93
84 Gary Clark WR 1985–92
51 Monte Coleman LB 1979–94
53 Al DeMao C 1945–53
36 Chuck Drazenovich LB 1950–59
35 Bill Dudley RB 1950–51, 1953
17 Turk Edwards T 1932–40
44 Andy Farkas FB 1938–44
37 Pat Fischer CB 1968–77
28 Darrell Green CB 1983–2002
68 Russ Grimm G 1981–91
55 Chris Hanburger LB 1965–78
57 Ken Harvey LB 1994–98
56 Len Hauss C 1964–77
27 Ken Houston S 1973–80
70 Sam Huff LB 1964–67, 1969
66 Joe Jacoby T/G 1981–93
47 Dick James RB 1955–63
9 Sonny Jurgensen QB 1964–74
22 Charlie Justice RB 1950, 1952–54
17 Billy Kilmer QB 1971–78
26 Paul Krause DB 1964–67
79 Jim Lachey T 1988–95
14 Eddie LeBaron QB 1952–53, 1955–59
72 Dexter Manley DE 1981–89
71 Charles Mann DE 1983–93
58 Wilber Marshall LB 1988–92
73 Mark May T 1981–89
79 Ron McDole DE 1971–78
63 Raleigh McKenzie G 1985–94
53 Harold McLinton LB 1969–78
40 Wayne Millner E 1936–41, 1945
49 Bobby Mitchell FL 1962–68
30 Brian Mitchell RB 1990–99
81 Art Monk WR 1980–93
3 Mark Moseley K 1974–86
29 Mark Murphy S 1977–84
21 Mike Nelms KR 1980–84
52 Neal Olkewicz LB 1979–89
23 Brig Owens LB 1966–77
65 Vince Promuto G 1960–70
44 John Riggins RB 1976–79, 1981–85
11 Mark Rypien QB 1987–93
83 Ricky Sanders WR 1986–93
76 Ed Simmons T 1987–93
87 Jerry Smith TE 1965–77
60 Dick Stanfel G 1956–58
74 George Starke T 1973–84
72 Diron Talbert DT 1971–80
84 Hugh (Bones) Taylor E 1947–54
42 Charley Taylor WR 1964–77
7 Joe Theismann QB 1974–85
67 Rusty Tillman LB 1970–77
85 Don Warren TE 1979–92
25 Joe Washington RB 1981–84
17 Doug Williams QB 1986–89

Coaches

George Allen Head Coach 1971–77
Ray Flaherty Head Coach 1936–42
Joe Gibbs Head Coach 1981–92

1984 NFL draft first-round selections

Irving Fryar Dean Steinkuhler Carl Banks Kenny Jackson Bill Maas Mossy Cade Ricky Hunley Leonard Coleman Rick Bryan Russell Carter Wilber Marshall Alphonso Carreker Keith Millard Jackie Shipp Ron Faurot Pete Koch Clyde Duncan Don Rogers Ron Solt David Lewis John Alt Terry Taylor Louis Lipps Todd Shell Billy Cannon, Jr. Greg Bell William Roberts Brian Blados

Chicago Bears 1984 NFL draft selections

Wilber Marshall Ron Rivera Stefan Humphries Tom Andrews Brad Anderson Mark Casale Shaun Gayle

Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX Champions

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