Ed Marinaro played college football for the Cornell Big Red, where he was a unanimous All-American and won the Maxwell Award in 1971.
17 Facts About Ed Marinaro
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From 2010 to 2011, Marinaro starred in the football comedy series Blue Mountain State.
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Ed Marinaro is known as a regular cast member of Hill Street Blues, playing Officer Joe Coffey for five seasons.
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Ed Marinaro played high school football in New Milford, New Jersey, for the New Milford High School Knights.
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Ed Marinaro played college football at Cornell University, where he was a three-time All-American, and set over 16 NCAA records.
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Ed Marinaro was the first running back in NCAA history to run for 4,000 career rushing yards, and led the nation in rushing in 1971.
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Ed Marinaro was runner-up to Pat Sullivan for the Heisman Trophy in 1971, the highest finish for an Ivy League player since the league de-emphasized football in the mid-1950s.
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Ed Marinaro won the 1971 Maxwell Award and the UPI College Football Player of the Year as the top player in college football.
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Ed Marinaro holds four NCAA records: most rushes per game in a season, career average carries per game, most rushing yards per game over an entire career, and earliest game reaching 1,000 rushing yards.
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Ed Marinaro went on to play professional football for six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks, appearing in Super Bowl VIII and Super Bowl IX with the Vikings.
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Ed Marinaro joined the regular cast of Hill Street Blues in 1981, playing officer Joe Coffey until 1986.
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Ed Marinaro played the head football coach for three seasons on Spike TV's comedy, Blue Mountain State.
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In September 2019, Ed Marinaro was a guest on Turner Classic Movies.
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Ed Marinaro is married to fitness expert Tracy York and has one son.
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Ed Marinaro was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
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In January 2020, Ed Marinaro was named by ESPN as one of the "150 greatest players in college football's 150-year history", ranking at number 126.
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Ed Marinaro was one of only three Ivy League players on the list.