| Jack Martin | |
| Position: | Center, linebacker |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | California, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 238 |
| College: | Princeton (1940–1941), Navy (1943–1944) |
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John Taber Martin (April 10, 1922 - January 8, 2008) was an American football player.
Martin was born in 1922 in Flint, Michigan. He moved to Toledo, Ohio, as a boy and attended Point Place High School and later Waite High School. enrolled at Princeton University and played freshman football in 1940, and varsity football as a reserve center for the 1941 Princeton Tigers football team team.[1] He was then accepted to the United States Naval Academy where he played for the Navy Midshipmen football teams in 1943 and 1944.[2] He was selected as a second-team center on the 1943 All-Eastern football team,[3] and the second-team center on the 1944 All-America football teams selected by the United Press and The Sporting News.[4] [5] After his time at the Naval Academy, Martin spent two years on active duty with the Navy. In 1946, he played for the Navy's Bainbridge Commodores football team.[6]
After his discharge from the Navy, Martin signed to play professional football for the Los Angeles Rams.[7] He played at the center and linebacker positions for the Rams during the 1947, 1948, and 1949 seasons, appearing in a total of 35 games, 17 of them as a starter.[8] He recovered three fumbles and intercepted one pass.[2] In April 1950, the Rams traded Martin to the Washington Redskins.[9] However, he did not play for the Redskins.[2]
After his football career ended, Martin became a professional negotiator. He married Evelyn Buchele, and they had two sons and a daughter.[10]