Marshall Kenneth "Iggie" Shurnas was an American football end who played one season in the All-America Football Conference for the Cleveland Browns in 1947.
10 Facts About Marshall Shurnas
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Cleveland won the AAFC championship in 1947, but Marshall Shurnas left after the season for the Buffalo Bills.
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Marshall Shurnas did not play in any games for Buffalo, however.
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Marshall Shurnas attended Central High School in St Louis, Missouri, where he played as an end on the school's football team for three years.
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Marshall Shurnas enrolled at the University of Missouri and played for the Missouri Tigers football team in 1941 and 1942.
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Marshall Shurnas next enlisted in the US Army during World War II and did not play football until his discharge in 1946, when he returned to Missouri.
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Marshall Shurnas decided to delay a professional career to get back in shape, he said at the time.
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Marshall Shurnas had been drafted by the Boston Yanks of the National Football League in 1944 while he was still in the Army.
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Marshall Shurnas was a third-string right end, playing mainly on defense behind starter Dante Lavelli and John Yonakor.
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Marshall Shurnas joined the Buffalo Bills the following year, but did not play in a game for the team.