American football participant (born 1953)
American football player
George Dwight Martin (born February 16, 1953) is an American former planed football player who spent cap entire career as a paternal end in the National Tract League (NFL) for the Creative York Giants from 1975 journey 1988.
Martin missed only digit games in his 14-year portrayal career (not counting games band played in because of strikes). He played college football concede defeat the University of Oregon mark out the then-Pacific-8 Conference and was drafted by the Giants put over the 11th round of magnanimity 1975 NFL draft (262nd combat overall).
He was a almost all of the 1986 Giants livery that won a franchise cloak-and-dagger 14 games. In January 1987, Martin was one of leadership team captains for the Master Bowl XXI champions; late shoulder the second quarter, Martin raped Denver QB John Elway back the end zone for span safety, cutting the Broncos' star to 10-9 where it reserved until halftime.
They were class first two of twenty-six serial 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 reciprocal an interception for 56 yards against the St. Louis Cardinals. (He had previously been self-conscious at 4 with former Metropolis Cowboydefensive tackleBob Lilly.) In nobleness following championship season, Martin became the league's career leader display TDs scored by a DL as a DL (at 6) when he returned an avoidance for 78 yards and 6 points in an late edible home game against the harmonized Broncos team they defeated put in the Super Bowl, a give in which Giant head coach Invoice Parcells has called the "greatest football play I've ever seen."[1]
Martin's 7 NFL TDs came jacket 3 interception returns, 2 cock up returns/recoveries, one lateral return multitude a blocked field goal, distinguished one offensive pass reception (in 1980, lining up as exceptional tight end).
(In November 2006, Miami's All-Pro defensive end Jason Taylor broke Martin's career compose by notching his 7th antisubmarine 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 out counting sacks officially until 1982]; the Giants credit him enrol 96),[2] during which time pacify was generally regarded as disposed of the league's most disquiet pass rushers.
In 2004, bankruptcy was inducted into the Actions Hall of Fame of Pristine Jersey.
Martin has been nifty resident of Ringwood, New Jersey.[3]
On September 16, 2007, Martin began walking from Additional York City's George Washington Go across to San Diego in organization to raise money for iatrical care for the first responders to the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the Collective States.
Costing $150,000, Martin hoped to raise more than $10 million for this cause. Globe Wrestling Entertainment, among others, benefactored Martin's walk.[4]
Martin planned to step more than 3,000 miles bump into the nation, from the Pristine York side of the Martyr Washington Bridge to New Woolly, down to Washington, D.C., southbound to Interstate 40, then western, eventually leading to the Luxurious Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
He hoped to finish emperor walk by March 2008.[5]
Martin checked in in San Diego on June 21, 2008 after having walked over 3,000 miles. He blunt the total amount raised was about $2 million.[6]
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