Marty Lyons
Marty Lyons was born in Takoma Park, Maryland, United States on January 15th, 1957 and is the Football Player. At the age of 67, Marty Lyons biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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College career
Lyons played for the University of Alabama, where he competed for coach Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide football team from 1975 to 1978. He had 202 tackles, 6 fumbles fumbled, and 4 recovered at Alabama. As a senior in 1978, he was named as a consensus first-team All-American and was part of the Crimson Tide to a National Championship. In the 1979 Sugar Bowl, he was a key figure in the development of "The Goal Line Standoff." It was Lyons who had what would become a popular line among Alabama fans just before the sequence's fourth-down play. Lyons replied, "Bout a foot" when asked by Penn State quarterback Chuck Fusina how far the ball was from the goal line. You should have a pass." During his time as a player, Alabama was 31-5.
Professional career
Lyons was selected by the New York Jets in the first round (14th overall pick) of the 1979 NFL Draft. Mark Gastineau, a defensive end for East Central Oklahoma State, was selected in the following round.
The two joined Joe Klecko and Abdul Salaam on the Jets' defensive line to create one of the NFL's best defensive lines, the "New York Sack Exchange." In 1981, the foursome combined for 66 sacks, which helped the Jets to their first playoff appearance since 1969. Salaam, Gastineau, Klecko, and Lyons were all invited to ring the formal opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in November 1981, which provided them with their nickname.
During Lyons' time with the Jets, they made the playoffs for the second time in 1982, 1985, and 1986. They made it as far as the AFC Championship Game in 1982, losing 14-0 to the Miami Dolphins.
Lyons was involved in one of the best-known plays in NFL lore. During the Jets' 14-13 victory over the Buffalo Bills at the Meadowlands on October 5, 1986, they attempted to smear Buffalo quarterback Jim Kelly and then started to punch him repeatedly after the ball was called out for an incompletion. Referee Ben Dreith was chastised for "giving him the company." Rather than calling Lyons' number 93, Dreith incorrectly assessed the foul against number 99, which was Gastineau's number, rather than calling Lyons' number 93.
When his wife, Kelly, and his son, Martin Anthony "Rocky" Lyons Jr., were involved in a serious traffic accident in Alabama, Lyons missed playing time during the 1987 season. Lyons blocked former Alabama teammates and Hall of Famer Dwight Stephenson in what Dolphins players and coaches called a 'cheap shot' that ended his career later this season. Dwight Stephenson said it was a clean block, claiming that he caught his leg as he went down and never blamed Lyons for the injury.