Marty Martinello | |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1931 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Ontario, Canada |
Import: | no |
Position1: | Nose tackle, defensive tackle |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 225 |
Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Montreal Alouettes |
Playing Years2: | – |
Playing Team2: | BC Lions |
Playing Years3: | – |
Playing Team3: | Toronto Argonauts |
Playing Years4: | – |
Playing Team4: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
Cfleastallstar: | , |
Honors: | Grey Cup champion - 1965 |
Emelio Martinello (January 6, 1931 – March 24, 2022) was a professional football player as part of the Brantford Redskins of the Ontario Rugby Football Union and then thirteen seasons as a defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League, becoming a CFL east all-star in 1960 and 1961 for the Toronto Argonauts,[1] [2] winning a Grey Cup[3] with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in his next to last season. Martinello died in 2022 at the age of 91.[4]