Marty Lyons
Defensive tackle, American football player
1957 –
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Who is Marty Lyons?
Martin Anthony Lyons is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League for eleven seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. Lyons played college football for the University of Alabama, and earned All-American honors. Selected in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft, he played his entire professional career for the NFL's New York Jets. He was a member of the Jets' famed "New York Sack Exchange," the team's dominant front four in 1981 and 1982 that also featured Mark Gastineau, Abdul Salaam and Joe Klecko.
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- Born
- Jan 15, 1957
Takoma Park - Also known as
- Martin Anthony Lyons
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Alabama
- Lived in
- Takoma Park
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on July 23, 2013
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