# Marion Body

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{{Short description|American football player}}
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{{Infobox college football player
|name=Marion Body
|school=Michigan Wolverines
|currentnumber=3
|currentposition=[Cornerback](/source/Cornerback)
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|birth_date=c. 1960
|birth_place=
|heightft=5
|heightin=10
|weight=182
|highschool=[Kettering High School](/source/Kettering_High_School), [Detroit](/source/Detroit), Michigan
|pastschools=
*[University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) (1979-1982)
*[Michigan Panthers](/source/Michigan_Panthers) (1983)
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'''Marion Body''' (born c. 1960) is a retired [American football](/source/American_football) [cornerback](/source/cornerback).<ref>{{cite news|title=Wolverine Showing He's Not A 'No-Body'|newspaper=The Herald-Palladium (AP story)|date=October 1, 1980|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69076554/marion-body/|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Body changes position: Makes switch from QB to starting cornerback|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|author=Mark Mihanovic|date=October 1, 1980|page=9|url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/midaily/mdp.39015071754688/395}}</ref> He played for the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) from 1979 to 1982 and in the [USFL](/source/USFL) for the [Michigan Panthers](/source/Michigan_Panthers) in 1983.  A native of [Detroit](/source/Detroit), [Michigan](/source/Michigan), Body attended [Kettering High School](/source/Kettering_High_School).  He enrolled at the University of Michigan and played football under head coach [Bo Schembechler](/source/Bo_Schembechler) from 1979 to 1982.<ref name=t79>{{cite web|title=1979 Michigan Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1979fbt.htm}}</ref><ref name=t80>{{cite web|title=1980 Michigan Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1980fbt.htm}}</ref><ref name=t81>{{cite web|title=1981 Michigan Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1981fbt.htm}}</ref><ref name=t82>{{cite web|title=1982 Michigan Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1982fbt.htm}}</ref>   In four years playing football for the [Michigan Wolverines](/source/Michigan_Wolverines_football), Body was credited with 117 tackles and 7 interceptions.<ref name=Stat>{{cite web|title=Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page |publisher=University of Michigan |url=http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524051040/http://stats.ath.umich.edu/football/footstart.php |archivedate=2013-05-24 }}</ref>  He had two interceptions in Michigan's 1980 game against [Notre Dame](/source/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football).<ref name=Stat/>  Body played professional football for the [Michigan Panthers](/source/Michigan_Panthers) in the [USFL](/source/USFL).<ref>{{cite web|title=1983 Michigan Panthers Roster|publisher=oursportscentral.com|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/83miro.htm}}</ref>

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Category:Living people
Category:Michigan Panthers players
Category:Michigan Wolverines football players
Category:Kettering High School alumni
Category:Players of American football from Detroit
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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