{"id":865611,"date":"2025-08-16T21:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/countdown-to-the-season-opener-day-20-harvey-martin\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T21:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T02:12:33","slug":"countdown-to-the-season-opener-day-20-harvey-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/countdown-to-the-season-opener-day-20-harvey-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the season opener: Day 20 Harvey Martin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football <\/p>\n<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p><em>We\u2019re counting down the days until the <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/\"><em>Dallas Cowboys<\/em><\/a><em> battle the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bleedinggreennation.com\/\"><em>Philadelphia Eagles<\/em><\/a><em> in the season opener of the 2025 NFL season. To pass the time and mark the days, we are running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to football.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Today &#8211; number<\/strong> <strong>20<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"harvey-martin\">\n<h3><strong><u>Harvey Martin<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> November 16, 1950. Dallas, Texas<br \/><strong>Position:<\/strong> Defensive end<br \/><strong>Dallas Cowboys<\/strong>: 1973-1983<br \/><strong>Awards<\/strong>: Super Bowl champion- XII<br \/>Super Bowl MVP- XII<br \/>NFL Defensive Player of the Year- 1977<br \/>All-Pro- 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982<br \/>Pro Bowl- 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979<br \/>NFL sacks leader- 1977<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/platform.bloggingtheboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25587859\/102979965.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,7.8125,100,84.375\" data-pswp-height=\"3037.5\" data-pswp-width=\"2430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img title=\"Football\" alt=\"Football Dallas Cowboys v New York Giants\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\"   src=\"https:\/\/platform.bloggingtheboys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25587859\/102979965.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0%2C7.8125%2C100%2C84.375&#038;w=2400\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><cite>Photo by Focus on Sport\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harvey Martin played defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 to 1983, forming part of the feared pass-rush unit of the \u201cDoomsday Defense\u201d. A relentless and powerful edge rusher, Martin was a four-time Pro Bowler, a First-Team All-Pro, and the 1977 NFL Defensive Player of the Year after recording an unofficial 23 sacks that season. He was instrumental in the Cowboys\u2019 Super Bowl XII victory, where he and Randy White were named co-MVPs\u2014the only time defensive teammates have shared that honor in Super Bowl history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best known for:<\/strong><br \/>Martin was best known for being a dominant pass rusher who anchored the Cowboys\u2019 defensive line during their Super Bowl years and consistently harassed opposing quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesser known fact:<\/strong><br \/>After football Martin struggled with ordinary life and turned to substance abuse. He soon turned his life around and became a motivational speaker to young adults and children about his personal struggles and looked to inspire them through his mistakes. Sadly, before Christmas in 2001, Martin passed away due to pancreatic cancer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloggingtheboys.com\/dallas-cowboys-history\/177476\/countdown-season-opener-day-20-harvey-martin\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a> Mike Poland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re counting down the days until the Dallas Cowboys battle the Philadelphia Eagles in the season opener of the 2025 NFL season. To pass the time and mark the days, we are running through 100 Days of Cowboys. So sit back and enjoy some Cowboys history while we countdown to football. Today &#8211; number 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":865612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26168,3790,795],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-865611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-countdown","8":"category-football","9":"category-season"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}