Marlin McKeever Dies
Marlin McKeever, a 2-time All-American end at USC who then played 13 years in the NFL, died on Friday (Oct. 27) in Long Beach after suffering a head injury in a fall at his home. He was 66. Information for memorial services is pending.
The family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to any of the following organizations in memory of Marlin McKeever: The High Hopes Head Trauma Center, 2953 Edinger, Tustin, Calif., 92780.; Crespi Carmelite High School, 5031 Alonzo Ave., Encino, Calif., 91316; the St. Mary Medical Center Foundation, Marlin McKeever Head Trauma Fund, 1050 Linden Ave., Long Beach, Calif., 90813, or Marv Goux, c/o USC Athletics, University Park Center, Los Angeles, Calif., 90089.
Check out Doug Krikorian's touching tribute to Marlin @ www.presstelegram.com. Marlin was and always will be a giant...
God Bless the McKeever twins...Together again.
McKEEVER TWINS WERE ROBUST KIDS THAT TURNED DOWN THE IRISH TO PLAY FOR USC AND OH DID THEY PLAY....
MIKE REC'D A HEAD INJURY IN STANFORD GAME AND NEVER PLAYED AGAIN-- MARLIN WAS AA TWICE AND WAS ALWAYS A TROJAN, EVEN AS A NFL PLAYER...HE WAS THE "SPIRIT OF TROY" AND WE SHOULD ALL SAY THANKS THAT HE WAS HERE FOR 66 YEARS...GOD BLESS HIS FAMILY.....
Marlin and Mike McKeever were my inspiration to attend Mt. Carmel High School in Los Angeles. I went to Mt. Carmel in 1964 and graduated in 1968. I played football at Mt Carmel four years. Marlin had been my Catholic Confirmation sponsor in 1963. I had met Mike and Marlin when they were All- Americans at USC. They were my childhood heroes and I wanted to follow in their footsteps to high school and college. I graduated from USC in 1972. I got to visit with Marlin in 1982 at a Marden Susco golf tournament at Green River Country Club in Corona. We got to talk about MT. Carmel and USC and it was great to have been with him. He had given me his business card and I had lost it and didn't get to talk with him again. I am very sorry about that. I hope that God has a place for Marlin with his brother Mike in Heaven. I went to Mike's funeral Mass at St. Vincent's Catholic Church at Adams and Figueroa in Los Angeles in 1967. Every time I pass that church I always remember being at that funeral as a high school student at Mt. Carmel. God Bless those Crusaders and Trojans. Dan McDonald Class of 1968 and 1972, Mt. Carmel and USC.