Marco Morales (born January 7, 1962) is a former American football

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who played five seasons in the Arena Football League with the Denver Dynamite, Chicago Bruisers, Dallas Texans and

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. He played

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at San Diego State University. Morales attended

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, where he played soccer and football. Morales was an all-conference kicker at

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in Chula Vista, converting on 20 of 28 field goal attempts in two seasons, before transferring to San Diego State as a

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. In 1982, he tied an NCAA record with four field goals in a half against UNLV.

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