Hall of Fame

Marion Jones

  • Class
  • Induction
    2001
  • Sport(s)
    Administration
  • Wiley College
Background & Early Life
  • Marion T. “Jap” Jones was born July 26, 1923, in Grand Prairie, Texas, and died July 31, 2006.
  • He attended Booker T. Washington High School (Dallas) in Dallas and graduated around 1942.
  • At Booker T. Washington HS, he excelled in multiple sports—football, track, etc.
College at Wiley College
  • Jones attended Wiley College (Marshall, Texas).
  • He was active in athletics at Wiley: in football, track, and possibly other sports. For example, in 1947 he was co-captain of the Wiley Wildcats football team.
  • In the Wiley College alumni magazine Wiley Reporter (Summer 2005), he is listed as class of ’48: “Dr. Marion ‘Jap’ Jones ’48.”
    • Though I could not verify details of when and what degree, the listing suggests he completed studies post-WWII era.