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Harvey Banks Martin (
November 16,
1950 -
December 24,
2001) was an
American football defensive end in the
NFL for the
Dallas Cowboys from
1973 until
1983. He started playing football in high school, only because he overheard his father tell his mother that he was ashamed that his son didn't play like his friends' kids. He eventually starred at
South Oak Cliff High School and
East Texas State University before being drafted in the third round of the
1973 NFL Draft.
As part of the famed Doomsday Defense, "The Beautiful" aka "Too Mean" led the Cowboys in sacks seven times. Martin went to the
Pro Bowl four times and was co-
Super Bowl MVP in
Super Bowl XII (shared with teammate
Randy White). He still holds team records for most sacks as a rookie (8 - 1973), in a season (
23 - 1977), and career (114)
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Tex Schramm stated "He'll be remembered as one of the great Cowboys of the golden years ... He was a great player, one of the first great pass rushers." Martin followed up his 20-sack 1977 season with a 14 sack performance in 1978, 9 in 1979, and 12 in 1980.
Following his retirement in 1984, Martin participated in the battle royal at
WrestleMania 2 (1986) for
World Wrestling Federation and appeared several times in
World Class Championship Wrestling and the
Global Wrestling Federation as a ringside commentator.
With football gone, many inner demons came to light, including bankruptcies, domestic violence, and polysubstance abuse. Although coach
Tom Landry sent him to
rehab in
1983, Martin continued to abuse drugs and alcohol. He hit rock-bottom in
1996, when "Too Mean" was jailed on
domestic violence and
cocaine charges, where he received probation and spent the next eight months in a court-ordered rehabilitation program.
Afterwards, he was given a job selling chemical products by former teammate and Cowboys offensive lineman
John Niland. He was able to turn his life around, staying clean and sober for the final years of his life, giving anti-drug speeches to both schoolchildren and recovering addicts.
Martin died of
pancreatic cancer on
December 24,
2001 at the age of 51.
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