Marion Rushing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1936
Place of Birth: Pinckneyville, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 26-Apr-2013
Profession: athletics competitor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Marion Rushing
- Marion Rushing (September 3, 1936 – April 26, 2013) was a professional American football player.
- Born in Pinckneyville, Illinois, he played nine and a half seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mainly for the Chicago Cardinals/St.
- Louis Cardinals.
- He finished his pro rootball career in 1968 with the Houston Oilers of the American Football League (AFL).
- While at Southern Illinois University (SIU), Rushing earned more athletic letters than any other athlete in Saluki history.
- He earned a total of 13 letters while playing football, basketball, track, and wrestling for SIU.
- Following his career at SIU, Rushing went on to play professional football in both the NFL and AFL.
- He was inducted into the charter class of the Saluki Hall of Fame in 1978.
- In 2010 Southern Illinois University honored Saluki Hall of Famer Marion Rushing by renaming a street near the new football stadium, Marion Rushing Lane.
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