Marshall Goldberg

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Marshall Goldberg
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Goldberg with the Pittsburgh Panthers in 1938
No. 42, 89, 99
Position:Back
Return specialist
Personal information
Born:(1917-10-24)October 24, 1917
Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Died:April 3, 2006(2006-04-03) (aged 88)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Elkins
College:Pittsburgh (1936–1938)
NFL draft:1939 / Round: 2 / Pick: 12
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:1,644
Rushing average:3.5
Rushing touchdowns:11
Receptions:60
Receiving yards:775
Receiving touchdowns:5
Return yards:1,083
Return touchdowns:1
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
Years of service1943–1945
Rank Lieutenant
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Marshall Goldberg (October 24, 1917 – April 3, 2006) was an American

fullback for the Pittsburgh Panthers. At Pittsburgh, Goldberg was twice recognized as a consensus All-American, and played on two national championship teams under head coach Jock Sutherland. Goldberg played for the Cardinals for eight seasons from 1939 to 1948, with an interruption during World War II, and was a four-time All-Pro. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 1958.

Early life

Goldberg was born in Elkins, West Virginia, to a Jewish family.[1][2][3] Goldberg's father Sol emigrated from Romania to Cumberland, Maryland, where he met and married Rebecca (Becky) Fram, daughter of a Cumberland shoemaker.[4] Family lore has it that Sol Goldberg and Becky's brother, Benjamin, were friends.[5] The couple settled in the small mountain community of Elkins, West Virginia, some 170 miles (270 km) from Pittsburgh, where they set up a ladies clothing store.

Goldberg attended Elkins High School, where he was captain of the basketball, football, and track teams.[6] He was named All-State in all three sports.

College career

At the

fullback. During his Pitt career he amassed 1,957 rushing yards, a school record that stood until 1974 when Tony Dorsett
surpassed it. Goldberg was part of Pitt's legendary Dream Backfield along with Dick Cassiano, John 'Chick' Chickerneo, & Curly Stebbins. Some experts consider Pitt's Dream Backfield superior to the more famous Four Horsemen of Notre Dame.

Professional career

Goldberg was drafted in the second round of the 1939 NFL Draft.

Chicago Cardinals from 1939 to 1943, interrupted by his service during World War II in the United States Navy, then again from 1946 to 1948. The team won the NFL Championship in 1947, and won their division the following year. Goldberg was a four-time NFL All-Pro.[2]

Goldberg joined the Navy in 1943 and spent two years in the

South Pacific rising to the rank of lieutenant. He worked in the insurance industry after his football career ended. In 1965, he took over a machine parts company, Marshall Goldberg Machine Tools Ltd., of Rosemont, Illinois
.

Honors and death

Goldberg was elected by

National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[6]

Goldberg died in 2006 at age 88 at a nursing home in

University of Illinois at Chicago. Goldberg had sustained a number of concussions during his career, which the family felt contributed to difficulties later in his life. This fund has been instrumental in bringing attention to the problem of head injury in athletes. On August 24, 2007, Goldberg and Emmitt Thomas were selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Seniors Committee as finalists for election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2008 but was not selected. The Professional Football Researchers Association named Goldberg to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2007.[8]

His #99 jersey number was retired by the Arizona Cardinals, and he is in the Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor. On March 2, 2021, Goldberg's daughter gave her blessing to former Houston Texans defensive end J. J. Watt to wear the previously retired #99.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports ... - Peter S. Horvitz - Google Books
  2. ^ a b The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame - Joseph M. Siegman - Google Books
  3. ^ The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports: Ranked According to Achievement - B. P. Robert Stephen Silverman - Google Books
  4. ^ Eugene Fram, son of Benjamin Fram cited 2014
  5. ISBN 0-19-508555-8
    .
  6. ^ a b e-WV | Marshall "Biggie" Goldberg
  7. ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  8. ^ "Hall of Very Good Class of 2007". Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
  9. ^ "Marshall Goldberg's daughter says J. J. Watt can wear No. 99". ProFootballTalk. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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External links

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