American football tight end and linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams (1961–1966, 1971–1972), Minnesota Vikings (1967), Washington Redskins (1968–1970) and Philadelphia Eagles (1973).
He played college football as a defensive end, fullback and punter at the University of Southern California (USC).
In 1974, about a year after his NFL playing career ended, McKeever made a long shot bid for the California State Assembly as a Republican. Then incumbent John Quimby was defeated in the Democratic primary by Richard H. Robinson, who went on to beat McKeever by more than 21 points in what was then a Democratic-leaning Orange County district.
Marlin and his brother Mike McKeever were the first twins to earn All-America status. They grew up in Los Angeles. Both he and his brother appeared in the 1962 Three Stooges comedy film The Three Stooges Meet Hercules playing the Siamese Cyclops twins Ajax and Argo. Mike died in 1967, after a car accident that left him in a coma for 22 months. On 18 August 1966, Marlin was a passenger in Roman Gabriel’s car and lost a finger when Gabriel crashed into a parked car.
After the NFL, McKeever became a stockbroker and insurance executive. He also became the leader of the Trojan Football Alumni Club and close friend of recent USC coaches, including Pete Carroll.
On 26 October 2006, he fell at his home and slipped into a coma shortly thereafter. Doctors in the intensive care unit at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California reported a blood clot on his brain. He died from his injuries the next day.
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