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{{Short description|American boxer (1943–2008)}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox boxer (amateur)
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| full_name      = Harlan Joseph Marbley
| nickname       = Peewee 
| birth_date     = {{birth-date|October 11, 1943}}
| birth_place    = [[White Oak, Maryland]], U.S.
| death_date     = {{death-date and age|May 13, 2008|October 11, 1943}}
| death_place    = [[Clinton, Maryland]], U.S.
| height         = {{cvt|1.62|m|0|order=flip}}
| weight         = {{cvt|48|kg|0|order=flip}}
| weight_class   = [[Light flyweight]], [[Flyweight]]
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [[boxing]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]|[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight|Light flyweight -48&nbsp;kg]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Boxing at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1967 Pan American Games|1967 Winnipeg]]|[[Boxing at the 1967 Pan American Games|Flyweight -51&nbsp;kg]]}}
}}

'''Harlan Joseph Marbley''' (October 11, 1943 – May 13, 2008) was a [[flyweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] from the [[United States]] who represented his native country at the [[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Summer Olympics]] in [[Mexico City, Mexico]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Harlan Marbley |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/harlan-marbley-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203142325/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/harlan-marbley-1.html |archive-date=December 3, 2016}}</ref> There he won the bronze medal, after a loss in the semifinals of the men's [[light flyweight]] division against eventual gold medalist [[Francisco Rodríguez (boxer, born 1945)|Francisco Rodríguez]] from [[Venezuela]].

==Amateur career==
Marbley won the 1968 National AAU Light flyweight championship.

== 1968 Olympic results ==
Below is the record of Harlan Marbley, an American light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:

*Round of 32: bye
*Round of 16 Defeated [[Fuat Temel]] (Turkey) on points, 5-0
*Quarterfinal: Defeated [[Gabriel Ogun]] (Nigeria) on points, 5-0	
*Semifinal: Lost to [[Francisco Rodríguez (boxer, born 1945)|Francisco Rodríguez]] (Venezuela) on points, 1-4 (was awarded bronze medal)

==References==
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208230443/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARBLHAR01 |date=February 8, 2007 |title=Harlan Marbley at databaseOlympics.com }}
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com|harlan-joseph-marbley|Harlan Joseph Marbley}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Harlan Marbley}}
* {{InterSportStats|3000519800|Harlan Marbley}}

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Maryland]]
[[Category:People from White Oak, Maryland]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Boxers from Maryland]]
[[Category:Flyweight boxers]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in boxing]]
[[Category:American male boxers]]
[[Category:Boxers at the 1967 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in boxing]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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