Ed Marion (1927,

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

– 28 April 2008) was an American official in the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

. Marion was in the league from 1960 to 1987 and officiated in

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, IX and XI. He wore the number 26 for the majority of his career (during the 1979–81 period, he wore number 6). Marion grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. Navy during WW II. Marion graduated from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

in 1950, where he played football. He worked in the pension and insurance industry for 46 years. Marion died on 28 April 2008.Ex-NFL official Ed Marion dies at 81.
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