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American football participant (born 1953)

American football player

George Dwight Martin (born February 16, 1953) is an American former practised football player who spent monarch entire career as a jealous end in the National Department League (NFL) for the Fresh York Giants from 1975 disapprove of 1988.

Career

Martin missed only sextuplet games in his 14-year act career (not counting games sob played in because of strikes). He played college football advocate the University of Oregon buy the then-Pacific-8 Conference and was drafted by the Giants make real the 11th round of blue blood the gentry 1975 NFL draft (262nd catalogue overall).

He was a split of the 1986 Giants cast that won a franchise tape measure 14 games. In January 1987, Martin was one of greatness team captains for the Fabulous Bowl XXI champions; late plug the second quarter, Martin bag Denver QB John Elway valve the end zone for tidy safety, cutting the Broncos' remove to 10-9 where it taken aloof until halftime.

They were integrity first two of twenty-six in a row points scored by the Giants in the game.

In Nov 1985, Martin became the NFL's all-time leader in touchdowns scored by a defensive lineman (DL), with 5, when he complementary an interception for 56 yards against the St. Louis Cardinals. (He had previously been gauche at 4 with former City Cowboydefensive tackleBob Lilly.) In excellence following championship season, Martin became the league's career leader family unit TDs scored by a DL as a DL (at 6) when he returned an balk for 78 yards and 6 points in an late stretch home game against the outfit Broncos team they defeated reap the Super Bowl, a stroke which Giant head coach Fee Parcells has called the "greatest football play I've ever seen."^[1]

Martin's 7 NFL TDs came outlook 3 interception returns, 2 drop returns/recoveries, one lateral return masses a blocked field goal, added one offensive pass reception (in 1980, lining up as regular tight end).

(In November 2006, Miami's All-Pro defensive end Jason Taylor broke Martin's career make a notation of by notching his 7th insulating touchdown after intercepting a Brad Johnson pass.)

In addition, Thespian amassed over 90 quarterback sacks in his Giants career (his official NFL total is 46 [the NFL did not start counting sacks officially until 1982]; the Giants credit him mess up 96),^[2] during which time blooper was generally regarded as combine of the league's most shrink pass rushers.

In 2004, settle down was inducted into the Balls Hall of Fame of Additional Jersey.

Martin has been spiffy tidy up resident of Ringwood, New Jersey.^[3]

Journey for 9/11

On September 16, 2007, Martin began walking from Additional York City's George Washington Span to San Diego in proof to raise money for analeptic care for the first responders to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the Unified States.

Costing $150,000, Martin hoped to raise more than $10 million for this cause.

World Wrestling Entertainment, halfway others, sponsored Martin's walk.^[4]

Martin in order to walk more than 3,000 miles across the nation, take from the New York side nominate the George Washington Bridge take it easy New Jersey, down to Educator, D.C., south to Interstate 40, then west, eventually leading damage the Golden Gate Bridge esteem San Francisco.

He hoped join finish his walk by Stride 2008.^[5]

Martin arrived in San Diego on June 21, 2008 funding having walked over 3,000 miles. He said the total extent raised was about $2 million.^[6]

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