Join us for the Psi Upsilon Virtual Speaker Series, live online Tuesday June 11th, 6:00pm Eastern
Speaker Series: Fireside Chat with Ed Marinaro, Chi ’71, American actor & NFL Hall of Famer
Live via ZOOM webinar: Register Here
Ed Marinaro, Chi ’71 (Cornell) is an American actor and former football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football for the Cornell Big Red, where he was a unanimous All-American and won the Maxwell Award in 1971. Marinaro was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
While at Cornell, Marinaro joined Psi Upsilon. He went on to play professional football for six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets and Seattle Seahawks, appearing in Super Bowl VIII and Super Bowl IX with the Vikings. He scored 13 touchdowns over his career. He holds four NCAA records: most rushes per game in a season (39.6 in 1971), career average carries per game (34.0, 1969–71), most rushing yards per game over an entire career (174.6, 1969–71), and earliest game reaching 1,000 rushing yards (5th, 1971).
After football, he got his first big acting break in the comedy series “Lavern and Shirley”. He is also known as a regular cast member of Hill Street Blues, playing Officer Joe Coffey for five seasons (1981–1986).
From 2010 to 2011, Marinaro starred in the football comedy series Blue Mountain State.
Marinaro is married to fitness expert Tracy York and has one son.
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