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Marty Lyons
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| Marty Lyons | |
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| Date of birth | January 15, 1957 |
| Place of birth | Tacoma Park, Maryland |
| Position(s) | Defensive tackle |
| College | Alabama |
| NFL Draft | 1979 / Round 1/ Pick 14 |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1979-1989 | New York Jets |
Martin A. Lyons (born January 15, 1957) is a former American Football defensive tackle who played his whole eleven year career from 1979 to 1989 with the New York Jets in the National Football League. He was part of the famed New York Sack Exchange, a dominant Jets front four in 1981 and 1982, in which he played inside Joe Klecko. Lyons is also known for the incident that ended Hall of Famer Dwight Stephenson's career, through a knee injury in a 1987 game against the Miami Dolphins. In 2002, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.
Lyons attended high school at St.Petersburg Catholic High School. Lyons then played college football in the University of Alabama where he was an All-American football player. At Alabama, he had 202 tackles, 6 fumbles forced and 4 recovered, he also help lead the Crimson Tide to a National Championship, in 1978, under lengendary coach, Paul "Bear" Bryant. Alabama was 31-5 douring his years as a player. Marty was drafted in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Jets.
Lyons finished his professional career playing in 147 career games, making 29 quarterback sacks. Lyons founded the Marty Lyons Foundation with works with terminally ill children, providing them wishes. He won the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award in 1984 because of that work.
Lyons is currently the Jets radio analyst and chairman of the Marty Lyons Foundation.
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