Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
Martin, a native of Mitchell, was a three-time all-conference lineman for the Eagles on the great teams in the late 1940s. He also received honorable mention All-American honors one season and participated in track and field. One of his teammates, Verne Lewellen, called Martin “a really tough guy.”
After graduating in 1950, Martin taught and coached at Rushville for four years. His football teams had a 22-game winning streak. The 1951 team went 8-0 and averaged 51 points a game. Martin was a teacher and coach for five years at Carson City, Nev., before spending the next 22 years as a teacher in Reno, Nev. Martin and his wife, Helen, also owned a couple of businesses in Reno before they retired in 1983.
