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Date of Birth
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15-January-1957
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Place of Birth
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Takoma Park
(Montgomery County, Maryland, Prince George's County, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Martin Anthony Lyons
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Profession
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Football player, Sports analyst, American football player
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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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