Phillip Michael "Mickey" Marvin (October 5, 1955 – March 6, 2017) was a professional

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player.

Career

After attending the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

, Marvin played in the

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(NFL) for 11 seasons, from 1977 to 1987, as an

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with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He was the starting right guard for the Raiders from 1978 to 1986, though playing only 2 games in 1979. With

Dave Dalby David Merle Dalby (October 19, 1950 – August 30, 2002) was an American football center; he played fourteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. Early years Dalby was a star linemen at center ...

and

Gene Upshaw Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. (August 15, 1945 – August 20, 2008), also known as "Uptown Gene" and "Highway 63", was an American professional football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later the National F ...

in 1980 and

and

Charley Hannah Charles Alvin Hannah (born July 26, 1955) is a former American football offensive guard and defensive end who played in the National Football League from 1977 to 1988. Charley played six years for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and six years for the L ...

in 1983, he helped solidify the middle of the offensive line which culminated in Raider wins of

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and

Super Bowl XVIII Super Bowl XVIII was an American football game played on January 22, 1984, at Tampa Stadium between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion and defending Super Bowl XVII champion Washington Redskins and the American Football Conference ( ...

. In the 1980 AFC championship game of the

1980–81 NFL playoffs The National Football League playoffs for the 1980 NFL season, 1980 season began on December 28, 1980. The postseason tournament concluded with the Oakland Raiders defeating the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl XV, 27–10, on January 25, 1981, a ...

, the Raiders beat the

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, rushing for 138 yards and passing for 261 yards. The Raiders then beat the

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, rushing for a 117 yards and passing for 261 yards again, as Marvin outplayed Eagle nosetackle Charlie Johnson and inside linebackers

Bill Bergey William Earl Bergey (born February 9, 1945) is a former American football linebacker who played professionally for 12 seasons, most notably with the Philadelphia Eagles of National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals ...

and

Frank LeMaster Frank Preston LeMaster (March 12, 1952 – March 23, 2023) was an American professional American football, football linebacker who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. A native of Lexington, Ke ...

. In the 1983 AFC championship game of the

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, the Raiders beat the

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, rushing for 205 yards and passing for 209 yards, as Marvin pushed around the nosetackle,

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, and the two inside linebackers

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and Keith Butler. The Raiders then beat the

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, rushing for a 231 yards and passing for 172 yards, as Marvin outmuscled the opposing defensive tackle, All-Pro

Dave Butz David Roy Butz (June 23, 1950 – November 4, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis Cardinals and the Washington Redskins in a 16-year career from 1 ...

. Marvin died from

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most comm ...

, at the age of 61.

References

Lisa Marvin, Wife. Oakland Raiders Cheerleader

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marvin, Mickey 1955 births 2017 deaths People from Hendersonville, North Carolina Tennessee Volunteers football players Oakland Raiders players Los Angeles Raiders players American football offensive linemen Players of American football from North Carolina Neurological disease deaths in the United States Deaths from motor neuron disease