After playing for 20 years in the National Football League, Minnesota Vikings legend Jim Marshall is one step closer to being enshrined in Canton, OH. On Wednesday, Marshall was one of 60 former players, coaches and contributors named as a semi-finalist for the 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
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60 Seniors, Coaches and Contributors have been named Semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.
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Acquired by the Vikings via trade from the Cleveland Browns in 1961, Marshall was the NFL’s iron man playing in a remarkable 282 games with 270 consecutive starts and accumulating an estimated 130.5 sacks per Pro Football Reference.
Fellow members of the Purple People Eaters Alan Page and Carl Eller are already enshrined in the Hall of Fame, one of the likely reasons why Marshall is not yet enshrined, along with the wrong way safety.
It’s been long enough, as Marshall has the resume to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
