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Former football player turned actor All time Ivy Leading Rusher New Milford High School, Class of 1968 Cornell University, Class of 1972 1971 Heisman Trophy finalist Formerly played football for the Minnesota Vikings Marinaro was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991. Ed was the runner-up for the 1971 Heisman Trophy Award, losing to Pat Sullivan, a quarterback from Auburn. In his three seasons as Cornell's tailback (1969-70-71), Marinaro set an NCAA season record of 1881 yards and a season per-game average of 209.0. His career average of 174.6 is also an NCAA record. Marinaro also compiled a stellar college career at Cornell, where he rushed for an NCAA record 1,881 yards in 1971, was a three time All-American, and became the first player in college football history to gain over 4000 yards in a career (4,715) as well as set 16 other NCAA records. Prior to acting, Marinaro played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings (4 seasons), New York Jets (1 Season) and the Seattle Seahawks (1 season). Has one son Eddie.
