Douglas Walter Marsh was born on June 18,1958 and is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for seven seasons for the St Louis Cardinals from 1980 to 1986.
14 Facts About Doug Marsh
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Doug Marsh played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1976 to 1979.
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Doug Marsh was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten Conference tight end at the end of the 1979 season.
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Doug Marsh accepted a football scholarship from the University of Michigan and played for the Michigan Wolverines football team under head coach Bo Schembechler from 1976 to 1979.
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Doug Marsh's longest reception at Michigan was a 71-yard reception against Wisconsin in 1979.
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Doug Marsh scored two touchdowns on passes from Rick Leach in Michigan's 1978 victory over defending national champion Notre Dame in the first game between the two schools since 1943.
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Doug Marsh was selected by the Cardinals in the second round of the 1980 NFL draft.
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Doug Marsh's playing time was limited in his second year in the NFL.
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Doug Marsh returned in 1982 as the team's starting tight end and held that position for the next five seasons.
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Doug Marsh played a total of seven season for the Cardinals from 1980 to 1986.
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Doug Marsh appeared in 92 games, 90 of them as the team's starting tight end.
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Doug Marsh signed a contract with the Atlanta Falcons in July 1987, reuniting with former Cardinals head coach Jim Hanifan who had taken over as the Falcons' offensive coordinator.
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Doug Marsh was released by the Falcons after the first week of September 1987, and he did not appear in any regular season games for the team.
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Doug Marsh signed with the Indianapolis Colts in the spring of 1988 and played with them through the preseason, but he was cut at the end of August.