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 Aside from Andrie, more than 70 Marquette football players played professionally, including numerous members of AFL and NFL Championship games.  Aside from Andrie, more than 70 Marquette football players played professionally, including numerous members of AFL and NFL Championship games. 
  
-Out of this number, four Marquette players have been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. [[Lavern Dilweg]] was a stifling defensive end for Marquette in the early 1920s, and at 6’ 3” was one of the most intimidating members of the team. In his playing days at Marquette, Dilweg was a two-time Walter Eckersall All-American, and later went on to win three NFL Championships with the Green Bay Packers along with fellow Marquette players [[Joseph Dunn|Joseph “Red” Dunn]] and [[Howard Woodin|Howie “Whitey” Woodin]]. Dilweg also showed off his talents away from the playing field, as he earned a law degree from Marquette and was elected as a Democrat to the 78th Congress. +{{men_s_football:1.jpg?150  }}Out of this number, four Marquette players have been inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. [[Lavern Dilweg]] was a stifling defensive end for Marquette in the early 1920s, and at 6’ 3” was one of the most intimidating members of the team. In his playing days at Marquette, Dilweg was a two-time Walter Eckersall All-American, and later went on to win three NFL Championships with the Green Bay Packers along with fellow Marquette players [[Joseph Dunn|Joseph “Red” Dunn]] and [[Howard Woodin|Howie “Whitey” Woodin]]. Dilweg also showed off his talents away from the playing field, as he earned a law degree from Marquette and was elected as a Democrat to the 78th Congress. 
  
 The program's only member of the College Football Hall of Fame is Head Coach [[Frank Murray]], who led the 1936 team to the first ever Cotton Bowl. Murray, also a Marquette basketball coach, left Milwaukee after the Cotton Bowl to coach at the University of Virginia. After a few sub-par seasons with the Cavaliers, Murray returned to Milwaukee to coach Marquette until he retired from the game in 1949. Although Murray did not have tremendous success after returning to Marquette his contributions to the game and the university are undeniable. Murray, a gentleman in every sense of the word, was considered one of the greatest football minds of his era.  The program's only member of the College Football Hall of Fame is Head Coach [[Frank Murray]], who led the 1936 team to the first ever Cotton Bowl. Murray, also a Marquette basketball coach, left Milwaukee after the Cotton Bowl to coach at the University of Virginia. After a few sub-par seasons with the Cavaliers, Murray returned to Milwaukee to coach Marquette until he retired from the game in 1949. Although Murray did not have tremendous success after returning to Marquette his contributions to the game and the university are undeniable. Murray, a gentleman in every sense of the word, was considered one of the greatest football minds of his era. 
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