 Fleming, circa 1961 | |||||||||
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | (1942-01-02)January 2, 1942 (age 83) Longview, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Compton (Compton, California) | ||||||||
| College | Utah | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1963: 11th round, 154th overall pick | ||||||||
| AFL draft | 1963: 9th round, 69th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Marvin Lawrence Fleming (born January 2, 1942) is an American former professionalfootball player who was atight end for 12 seasons in theNational Football League (NFL), seven with theGreen Bay Packers and five with theMiami Dolphins. He was a member of fiveNFL championship teams.
Fleming playedcollege football for theUtah Utes. He is the first player in NFL history to play in fiveSuper Bowls—with Green Bay (I,II) and Miami (VI,VII,VIII).[1][2] He played underhall of fame head coachesVince Lombardi andDon Shula for five seasons each.
Born inLongview, Texas, Fleming was raised insouthern California inCompton and graduated fromCompton High School. He playedcollege football at theUniversity of Utah inSalt Lake City under head coachRay Nagel.
Selected in the11th round of the1963 NFL draft by the two-time defending NFL championPackers,[3] Fleming wonthree consecutiveNFL titles and the first two Super Bowls in Green Bay. After seven seasons, the last two under head coachPhil Bengtson, he signed with the Dolphins in May1970.[4] Fleming was with the Dolphins for five seasons (and three Super Bowls), then was traded to theWashington Redskins for running backCharley Harraway.[1] He was in the Redskins'1975 training camp underGeorge Allen, but missed the final cut in September and retired.[5][6][7][8]
Fleming was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2010.[9][10]
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Won theNFL championship | |
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1963 | GNB | 14 | 2 | 7 | 132 | 18.9 | 33 | 2 |
| 1964 | GNB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1965 | GNB | 13 | 10 | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 31 | 2 |
| 1966 | GNB | 14 | 14 | 31 | 361 | 11.6 | 53 | 2 |
| 1967 | GNB | 14 | 14 | 10 | 126 | 12.6 | 19 | 1 |
| 1968 | GNB | 14 | 14 | 25 | 278 | 11.1 | 32 | 3 |
| 1969 | GNB | 12 | 12 | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 23 | 2 |
| 1970 | MIA | 14 | 14 | 18 | 205 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| 1971 | MIA | 14 | 13 | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 23 | 2 |
| 1972 | MIA | 14 | 14 | 13 | 156 | 12.0 | 31 | 1 |
| 1973 | MIA | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| 1974 | MIA | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 162 | 123 | 157 | 1,823 | 11.6 | 53 | 16 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1965 | GNB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | GNB | 2 | 2 | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 24 | 0 |
| 1967 | GNB | 3 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1970 | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | MIA | 3 | 3 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 27 | 1 |
| 1972 | MIA | 3 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| 1973 | MIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | MIA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 13 | 22 | 251 | 11.4 | 27 | 1 | ||
Fleming was the victim of anidentity theft scam in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[11] Arthur Lee Trotter posed as Fleming and was arrested in Texas in 1980 for selling phony stock in NFL teams. Caught, Trotter conceded to police that he was not Fleming: he said he was actually formerBaltimore Colts starJohn Mackey.[12]
Fleming and receiverRoy Jefferson (b.1943) are cousins less than two years apart and grew up together in Compton. They played football at Compton High School and college football at Utah. Both on offense, the two were on opposing teams inSuper Bowl VII, Fleming on theDolphins and Jefferson on theRedskins.[13][14]