Mardye McDole

{{Short description|American football player (1959–2023)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{more citations needed|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| number = 88

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date|1959|05|01}}

| birth_place = Pensacola, Florida, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|03|28|1959|05|01}}

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 198

| high_school = Murphy (Mobile, AL){{cite news |author= |date=Dec 12, 1976 |title=College recruiters reaping fruits of high school crop |work=Selma Times-Journal}}

| college = Mississippi St.

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 39

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1981|1983}})

| highlights =

• 2× First-team All-SEC (1978, 1980)
• Second-team All-SEC (1979)

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 3

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 29

| statlabel3 = Return yards

| statvalue3 = 196

| pfr = McDoMa20

}}

Mardye McDole (May 1, 1959 – March 28, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). McDole was selected by the Vikings in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft out of Mississippi State University. He was a physical education teacher and the varsity wide receiver coach at Murphy High School in Mobile, Alabama.

McDole was the first receiver in Mississippi State Bulldogs history to have had a 1,000-yard season.

McDole died on March 28, 2023, at the age of 63.{{cite news |title=Murphy alum, Mississippi State star Mardye McDole passes away at 63 |url=https://www.wkrg.com/sports/local-sports/murphy-alum-mississippi-state-star-mardye-mcdole-passes-away-at-63/ |access-date=28 March 2023 |publisher=WKRG |date=28 March 2023}}