Amos Marsh
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| Position: | Running back | ||||
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| Date of birth: | May 7, 1939 | ||||
| Place of birth: | Williams, Arizona | ||||
| Date of death: | November 2, 1992 (aged 53) | ||||
| Place of death: | San Jose, California | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Wallowa (OR) | ||||
| College: | Oregon State | ||||
| Undrafted: | 1961 | ||||
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| Games played: | 95 |
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Amos Marsh, Jr. (May 7, 1939 – November 2, 1992) was a professional American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Oregon State University.
Marsh was the starting running back at Wallowa High School, contributing to the team's Tu-Valley football co-championship in 1957. Which was a three way tie with Enterprise and Union, but only Wallowa advanced to the state playoffs after a vote by the league's school superintendents.
As a sprinter and long jumper in track, Marsh helped Wallowa win the 1957 State Class "B" title. During those years, he developed a famous rivalry with Jim Puckett from Cove High School. The two raced in the 100 yard dash competition, with Puckett winning every contest, making Marsh the 100-yard dash state runner up three times (1956–1958). The 100-yard dash is no longer practiced and was run from 1927 to 1977.
Marsh accepted an Oregon State University track and field scholarship, where he competed as a sprinter, hurdler and a broad jumper. In college, he repeatedly beat Puckett, who ran representing the University of Oregon.
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