| Marty Karow | |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1904 |
| Birth Place: | Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Bryan, Texas, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1924–1926 |
| Player Team2: | Ohio State |
| Player Sport3: | Baseball |
| Player Years4: | 1925–1927 |
| Player Team4: | Ohio State |
| Player Years5: | 1927 |
| Player Team5: | Lewiston Twins |
| Player Years6: | 1927 |
| Player Team6: | Waterbury Brasscos |
| Player Years7: | 1927 |
| Player Team7: | Boston Red Sox |
| Player Years8: | 1928 |
| Player Team8: | Waco Cubs |
| Player Years9: | 1929 |
| Player Team9: | Des Moines Demons |
| Player Years10: | 1929–1930 |
| Player Team10: | Pueblo Steelworkers |
| Player Positions: | Fullback (football) Shortstop, third baseman (baseball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1939 |
| Coach Team2: | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1942 |
| Coach Team3: | Corpus Christi NAS |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1934–1936 |
| Coach Team5: | Texas |
| Coach Years6: | 1941–1942 |
| Coach Team6: | Texas A&M |
| Coach Years7: | 1945–1950 |
| Coach Team7: | Texas A&M |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1936 |
| Coach Team9: | Navy |
| Coach Years10: | 1938–1941 |
| Coach Team10: | Texas A&M |
| Coach Years11: | 1948–1950 |
| Coach Team11: | Texas A&M |
| Coach Years12: | 1951–1975 |
| Coach Team12: | Ohio State |
| Overall Record: | 78–113 (basketball) 580–423–17 (baseball) |
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Martin Gregory Karow [born Karowsky] (July 18, 1904 – April 27, 1986) was an All-American college football player and a professional baseball player.
Karow was a fullback on the Ohio State University football team from 1924 through 1926. In 1926, he was team captain and led the team to a 7–1 record. After the season, he was named to several All America teams.
After college, he became a backup infielder in Major League Baseball who played in six games for the Boston Red Sox in the 1927 season. A native of Braddock, Pennsylvania, he batted and threw right-handed.
Karow hit .200, going two for 10 with one double.
Following his playing career, Karow served as the basketball head coach of the University of Texas during the 1934–35 and 1935–36 seasons and as a baseball coach at the United States Naval Academy (1936). He later coached for the Texas A&M University (1938–1941, 1948–1950) and Ohio State University baseball teams, leading the Buckeyes to the College World Series four times (1951, 1965–1967), including the 1966 College World Series title. He also served in the military during World War II.
Karow died of a heart attack, at age 81, on April 27, 1986, in Bryan, Texas.[1]