Marshall Goldberg

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Marshall Goldberg (October 25, 1917 – April 3, 2006) was an American football running back with the Chicago Cardinals in the National Football League.

Goldberg was born in Elkins, West Virginia. At the University of Pittsburgh under coach Jock Sutherland, he led his team to back-to-back national championships in 1936 and 1937. Goldberg's 1936 team won the Rose Bowl. He was runner-up for the 1938 Heisman Trophy and a two-time All-American. During his Pitt career he amassed 1,957 rushing yards, a school record that stood until 1974 when Tony Dorsett surpassed it. Later Sports Illustrated named him a member of the 1930s College Football Team of the Decade. In 1958 he was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.

After college he played professional football for the Chicago Cardinals from 1939-43, interrupted by his service during World War II in the U.S. Navy, then again from 1946-48. The Cardinals won the 1947 NFL Championship and captured the Division title in 1948. He was a four-time All-Pro.

He worked in the insurance industry after his football career ended. In 1965 he took over a machine parts company, Marshall Goldberg Machine Tools Ltd., of Rosemont, Illinois.

Goldberg died at age 88 at a nursing home in Chicago.