Marvin Cobb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Player of American football
Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1953
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Marvin Cobb
- Marvin Lawrence Cobb (born August 6, 1953) is a former American football safety in the National Football League.
- He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 11th round of the 1975 NFL Draft.
- He played high school football at Notre Dame High School in Riverside, California and college football at USC, where he also played shortstop on the baseball team.
- With USC, Cobb played on 2 College World Series champion baseball teams (1973 and 1974) and 2 National Champion football teams (1972 and 1974).Cobb played 5 seasons for the Bengals, from 1975 to 1979.
- During those five years he played in 71 games, starting 54 and making 13 interceptions, playing as both a free safety and strong safety.
- He also served as a kick returner occasionally, returning five punts and one kickoff between 1975 and 1977.
- In 1977, he also got to play a little on offense.
- In a game against the San Diego Chargers on October 2, Cobb threw an incomplete pass.
- In a Monday Night Football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 17, Cobb got one rushing attempt but did not gain any yardage.
- Cobb also played for the Steelers and Minnesota Vikings, splitting eight games between the two teams in 1980.
- He also served as a kick returner for the Steelers.In 1986, Cobb became an assistant athletic director at USC.
- Cobb was outspoken about the fact that black athletes at USC were graduating at a lower rate than white students and he did not see anything being done to assist those students.
- After Cobb was denied a promotion in 1990 or 1991, he sued the university for racial discrimination and breach of contract, saying that the university denied the promotion because his advocacy for its black athletes.
- USC was represented by Johnnie Cochran, who later represented O.J.
- Simpson in his murder trial and in a turn of events similar to an issue in that trial, it was revealed that some USC employees had suggested framing Cobb for a fake drug bust.
- Cobb was eventually awarded $1.1 million.Cobb has also been active in raising awareness of the impact football injuries can have on players later in life.
- He has also been active in attempting to increase pension and medical benefits for former players.
- He became a director of the Independent Retired Players Summit.
- He is also president of the Retired NFL Players Congress.
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