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Bill Martin
No. 85, 89
Position:	Tight end
Personal information
Born:	October 27, 1942; Gainesville, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	March 14, 2018 (aged 75); Cumming, Georgia, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	238 lb (108 kg)
Career information
High school:	Gainesville; (Gainesville, Georgia)
College:	Georgia Tech
NFL draft:	1964 / round: 2 / pick: 21
Career history
	Chicago Bears (1964–1965); Atlanta Falcons (1966–1967); Minnesota Vikings (1968);
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-American (1963); 2× First-team All-SEC (1962, 1963);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

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Jake William Martin (October 27, 1942 – March 14, 2018) was an American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Minnesota Vikings. He played college football at Georgia Tech and was drafted in the second round (21st overall selection) of the 1964 NFL draft. Martin was subsequently selected by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1966 NFL Expansion Draft.

Martin played high school football at Gainesville High School in Gainesville, Georgia. He was a teammate of Billy Lothridge both at Gainesville High and Georgia Tech.

Martin died in Cumming, Georgia, on March 14, 2018, he was 75.^[1]

References

^ "Former GHS, Georgia Tech football standout Billy Martin has died". AccessWDUN. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

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[1] "Former GHS, Georgia Tech football standout Billy Martin has died". AccessWDUN. Retrieved March 15, 2018.

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 * [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1964}}–{{NFL Year|1965}})
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+* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1963 College Football All-America Team|1963]])
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-'''Jake William "Billy" Martin''' (born October 27, 1942) is a former [[American football]] [[tight end]] in the [[National Football League]] for the [[Chicago Bears]], the [[Atlanta Falcons]], and the [[Minnesota Vikings]].  He played [[college football]] at [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and was [[NFL Draft|drafted]] in the second round (twenty-first overall selection) of the [[1964 NFL Draft]]. Martin was subsequently selected by the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in the [[1966 NFL Expansion Draft]].
+}}
+'''Jake William Martin''' (October 27, 1942 – March 14, 2018) was an [[American football]] [[tight end]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Chicago Bears]], the [[Atlanta Falcons]], and the [[Minnesota Vikings]].  He played [[college football]] at [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] and was [[NFL Draft|drafted]] in the second round (21st overall selection) of the [[1964 NFL draft]]. Martin was subsequently selected by the [[Atlanta Falcons]] in the [[1966 NFL Expansion Draft]].
 Martin played [[high school football]] at [[Gainesville High School (Georgia)|Gainesville High School]] in [[Gainesville, Georgia]].
 He was a teammate of [[Billy Lothridge]] both at Gainesville High and Georgia Tech.
-Martin died in Cumming, Georgia on March 14, 2018 he was 75.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2018/3/648075/former-ghs-gt-football-standout-billy-martin-has-died|title=Former GHS, Georgia Tech football standout Billy Martin has died|work=AccessWDUN|access-date=2018-03-15|language=en}}</ref>
+Martin died in Cumming, Georgia, on March 14, 2018, he was 75.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2018/3/648075/former-ghs-gt-football-standout-billy-martin-has-died|title=Former GHS, Georgia Tech football standout Billy Martin has died|work=AccessWDUN|access-date=March 15, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
 ==References==
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+{{Chiefs1964DraftPicks}}
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-[[Category:Living people]]
+[[Category:2018 deaths]]
+[[Category:Players of American football from Gainesville, Georgia]]
 [[Category:American football tight ends]]
-[[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]]
-[[Category:Chicago Bears players]]
 [[Category:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players]]
+[[Category:Chicago Bears players]]
+[[Category:Atlanta Falcons players]]
 [[Category:Minnesota Vikings players]]
-[[Category:People from Gainesville, Georgia]]
-[[Category:Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)]]
+{{Tightend-1940s-stub}}