Marlon Flemming Passes

[Chas in Cinti]

Sad news in the Evansville Paper today...

Regards,
Chas

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/courierpress/obituary.aspx?n=marlon-flemming&pid=174089594&fhid=10662

 

[82IUGraduate]

Sad news indeed. From the info in the link it looks like he has a bright eternity to look forward to.
I remember passing him going to class a few times. What a mountain of a man! I was glad he was moved from DT to OT because he really helped our offesive line. Great memories of him helping us get to the Holiday Bowl. RIP Big "M".

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[WisslerIII]

6' tall and about as wide. HUGE. I remember one time

Marlon had an opposing QB in his sights and was closing in on him. The kid just dropped to the ground, rather than get crushed by him.

I passed him walking to class a few times - he pretty much took up the whole sidewalk.

His obit is wrong - it wasn't the Liberty Bowl.....

 

[Wood Thrush Holler]

wasn't he the "elephant" in Lee Corso's Elephant I?

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[FamousShoes22]

Thought it was Carl Barzilauskas **

goiu

 

[iubhounds]

I didn't think the Elephant I was played until the '75 season

The elephant was Bill ???? .... a neighbor at Heritage Apts on Hillside Dr....but his last name escapes me today.

This post was edited on 2/10 4:22 PM by iubhounds

 

[iubhounds]

Corso's elephan I was a player named Bill ???

I can't remember his last name today ... which is sad because he lived across the hall from me at Heritage Apts on Hillside Dr.

 

[WisslerIII]

You are correct. Maybe even '76. *

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[82IUGraduate]

Re: Corso's elephan I was a player named Bill ..... Jones

IIRC, it was Bill Jones. He was an OL that was about 6'4" and around 275 lbs which was pretty big for back then
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[iubhounds]

Thanks

I kept thinking after I posted it was "jones" but couldn't find anything online to tell me that. I seem to remember that Corso started that Elephant I in a game at OSU.

 

[carriu]

Playing Mich State their anouncer said that Malon Flemming is so slow he

is killing the Astroturf. He say with me in Afro-American studies class and kept me from several
incidences that could have gone wrong
This post was edited on 2/12 2:32 PM by carriu

 

[biggio7]

Marlon was the elephant during his years just not the first one. I remember once when Marlon was injuryed and at the goal line Corso did not run the elephant I package when asked about it the coach said "You can't run the elephant I without your elephant"