Marc Edward May (born January 1,1956) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...
tight end
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who played one season with the
Minnesota Vikings
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of the
National Football League
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. He played
college football at
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and ...
and attended
South Shore High School in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. He was also a member of the
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divis ...
,
Chicago Blitz
The Chicago Blitz was a professional American football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid-1980s. They played at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Team history
The Blitz were one of the twelve charter franchis ...
,
New Jersey Generals
The New Jersey Generals were a franchise of the United States Football League (USFL) established in 1982 to begin play in the spring and summer of 1983. The team played three seasons from 1983 to 1985, winning 31 regular season games and losing ...
,
Orlando Renegades
The Orlando Renegades were a professional American football team that played in Orlando, Florida, in the United States Football League (USFL) for a single season in 1985. Before its season in Orlando, the franchise played in Washington, D.C., as t ...
and
Chicago Bruisers
The Chicago Bruisers were a professional arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They were founded in 1987 as a charter member of the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games at Rosemont Horizon.
History Founding (1987) ...
.
May played for several other
semi-pro
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teams throughout his career.
References
External links
Pro2U profileJust Sports Stats
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Living people
1956 births
Players of American football from Chicago
American football tight ends
African-American players of American football
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Dallas Cowboys players
Chicago Blitz players
New Jersey Generals players
Minnesota Vikings players
Chicago Bruisers players
National Football League replacement players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople