Doug Martin (defensive end)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP one source|date=May 2023}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Doug Martin

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| number = 79

| position = Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|5|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Fairfield, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 258

| high_school = Fairfield (CA) Armijo

| college = Washington

| draftyear = 1980

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 9

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings (1980–1989)

| highlights =

• First-team All-Pro (1982)
• NFL sacks leader (1982)
• Second-team All-American (1979)
• 2× First-team All-Pac-10 (1978, 1979)
• Second-team All-Pac-8 (1977)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 50.5

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 1

| statlabel3 = Fumbles recovered

| statvalue3 = 7

| statlabel4 = Fumble return yards

| statvalue4 = 29

| pfr = M/MartDo21

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Doug Martin (born May 22, 1957) is an American former professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Vikings in the first round of the 1980 NFL draft with the ninth overall pick. A {{height|ft=6|in=3}}, {{convert|258|lb|kg}} defensive end who played college football for the Washington Huskies, Martin played in 10 NFL seasons from 1980 to 1989 for the Vikings.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111011084508/http://databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARTIDOU01 Doug Martin]}}. databaseFootball.com