Marv Fleming

Marvin Lawrence Fleming (born January 2, 1942) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), seven with the Green Bay Packers and five with the Miami Dolphins. He was a member of five NFL championship teams.

Fleming played college football for the Utah Utes. He is the first player in NFL history to play in five Super Bowls—with Green Bay (I, II) and Miami (VI, VII, VIII). He played under hall of fame head coaches Vince Lombardi and Don Shula for five seasons each.

Early life Born in Longview, Texas, Fleming was raised in southern California in Compton and graduated from Compton High School. He played college football at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City under head coach Ray Nagel.

Professional career Selected 154th overall in the 11th round of the 1963 NFL draft by the two-time defending NFL champion Packers, Fleming won three consecutive NFL titles and the first two Super Bowls in Green Bay. After seven seasons, the last two under head coach Phil Bengtson, he signed with the Dolphins in May 1970. Fleming was with the Dolphins for five seasons (and three Super Bowls), then was traded to the Washington Redskins for running back Charley Harraway.

Fleming was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2010.

NFL career statistics Legend Won the Super Bowl Won the NFL championship Led the league Bold Career high

Regular season Year Team Games Receiving GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD 1963 GNB 14 2 7 132 18.9 33 2 1964 GNB 14 0 4 36 9.0 10 0 1965 GNB 13 10 14 141 10.1 31 2 1966 GNB 14 14 31 361 11.6 53 2 1967 GNB 14 14 10 126 12.6 19 1 1968 GNB 14 14 25 278 11.1 32 3 1969 GNB 12 12 18 226 12.6 23 2 1970 MIA 14 14 18 205 11.4 36 0 1971 MIA 14 13 13 137 10.5 23 2 1972 MIA 14 14 13 156 12.0 31 1 1973 MIA 11 11 3 22 7.3 15 0 1974 MIA 14 5 1 3 3.0 3 1 162 123 157 1,823 11.6 53 16

Playoffs Year Team Games Receiving GP GS Rec Yds Avg Lng TD 1965 GNB 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1966 GNB 2 2 5 72 14.4 24 0 1967 GNB 3 3 7 65 9.3 12 0 1970 MIA 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 1971 MIA 3 3 5 64 12.8 27 1 1972 MIA 3 3 5 50 10.0 15 0 1973 MIA 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1974 MIA 1 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 17 13 22 251 11.4 27 1

Personal life Fleming was the victim of an identity theft scam in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Arthur Lee Trotter posed as Fleming and was arrested in Texas in 1980 for selling phony stock in NFL teams. Caught, Trotter conceded to police that he was not Fleming: he said he was actually former Baltimore Colts star John Mackey.

Fleming and receiver Roy Jefferson (b.1943) are cousins less than two years apart and grew up together in Compton. They played football at Compton High School and college football at Utah. Both on offense, the two were on opposing teams in Super Bowl VII, Fleming on the Dolphins and Jefferson on the Redskins.