[CBFF] Packers week

[mom2iancal]

yeah, I guess I left the date of that article out... I think he died  in 
January of '05 from kidney failure


teri

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Dietzenbach" <ryandietzenbach at gmail.com>
To: <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CBFF] Packers week


> Charles Martin is dead?  What a shame.
>
> RD
>
> On 10/4/07, mom2iancal <senzigx4 at charter.net> wrote:
>> Charles "Too Mean" Martin and Jim McMahon
>> On November 23 1986, Chicago native Markbreit worked his first game as an
>> NFL referee at Soldier Field when the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears
>> renewed their ancient rivalry. In the second quarter of the game, Bears
>> quarterback Jim McMahon was intercepted, and as he watched the 
>> proceedings
>> downfield, Packers defensive end Charles "Too Mean" Martin picked up 
>> McMahon
>> and slammed him shoulder-first into the AstroTurf. Martin remained 
>> hovered
>> over McMahon on one knee, taunting him, until Bears' offensive tackle 
>> Jimbo
>> Covert barreled full-speed into Martin. Markbreit ejected Martin from the
>> game, despite strenuous protests from Packers coach (and Pro Football 
>> Hall
>> of Fame offensive tackle) Forrest Gregg. It would be Markbreit's first
>> ejection as an NFL official. When describing the penalty, Markbreit 
>> stated
>> that Martin, number 94 of the Packers, "stuffed" McMahon into the ground.
>>
>> Martin was suspended for two games by NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, the
>> longest suspension for an on-field incident until Tennessee Titans 
>> defensive
>> tackle Albert Haynesworth was suspended five games by commissioner Roger
>> Goodell for stomping on the face of Dallas Cowboys center Andre Gurode
>> during an October 1, 2006 game [6].
>>
>> During the game, Martin wore a "hit list" towel with the numbers of 
>> several
>> Bears listed, including those of McMahon, running back Walter Payton, 
>> wide
>> receiver Willie Gault and center Jay Hilgenberg.
>>
>> The call was largely credited by the media and NFL executives in helping
>> Markbreit land the assignment as the referee of Super Bowl XXI two months
>> later.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> RIP Charles Martin, Who Made The Dirtiest Play Ever In NFL History
>> Chicago Tribune reporter David Haugh on the infamous play by Green bay
>> packers defensive tackle Charles Martin, who passed away in January:
>>
>>  Martin took the field that Sunday afternoon on Nov. 23, 1986, wearing a
>> towel displaying the numbers of three Bears offensive stars--9, 34,
>> 83--McMahon, Walter Payton and Willie Gault, respectively, plus 63 and 29
>> for Jay Hilgenberg and Dennis Gentry. In Bears-Packers lore, the numbers
>> scrawled on the towel will always be known as "the hit list."
>>
>>  After Packers safety Mark Lee intercepted a McMahon pass in the second
>> quarter of a game eventually won 12-10 by the Bears, Martin grabbed 
>> McMahon
>> from behind and body-slammed him to the ground.
>>
>>  "It was at least 20 seconds after the interception," said Jerry 
>> Markbreit,
>> a retired NFL official who worked the game. "I don't think he had an
>> awareness of how late it was, or that the play was over. McMahon was 
>> walking
>> to the sideline, had relaxed, and he picked him up and smashed him to the
>> ground."
>>
>>  Markbreit worked 461 NFL games over 23 years. He had never been so 
>> shocked
>> by a player's action. To that point in league history, no player had ever
>> been thrown out of a game for anything but a fight.
>>
>>  But Markbreit, bothered by the severity of the hit and a little 
>> concerned
>> Bears players "might kill" Martin, ejected the defensive tackle and 
>> escorted
>> him off the field. Markbreit's decision ultimately cost Martin a two-game
>> suspension and $15,000 fine.
>>
>> ~A Morning  Without Coffee is Sleep~
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Wessman" <dkwess at gmail.com>
>> To: "CBFF" <post at chicagobearsfanforum.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:12 AM
>> Subject: [CBFF] Packers week
>>
>>
>> >    Since it's Packers week, does anybody have a copy of the Jerry
>> > Markbreit
>> > story
>> > about the "incident" between Martin and McMahon?
>> >
>> >   DaveW
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