databasefootball death_date birth_place teams article_title position birth_date number college name records|years
marticha01 26 january 2005 canton , georgia birmingham oilers atlanta falcons stallions -lrb- usfl -rrb- green bay packers houston charles martin -lrb- american football -rrb-
 defensive end august 31 , 1959 94 west alabama charles martin 1983 1984 -- 1987 1987 1988
charles martin -lrb- american football -rrb-

charles martin was a professional american football player , who is best known for his days with the green bay packers .
martin is noted for causing a season-ending injury to chicago bears starting quarterback jim mcmahon on november 23 , 1986 .
during pre-game warm-ups , martin displayed a white hand-towel with a list of bears offensive players ' numbers , which he wore during the game .
he allegedly claimed that it was a hit-list .
after bears quarterback jim mcmahon threw an interception , martin grabbed him from behind and body-slammed him shoulder first to the ground .
replays showed that martin hit mcmahon at least two seconds after the pass was thrown , well after mcmahon was out of the play .
mcmahon landed full force on his previously injured shoulder -- a situation exacerbated by soldier field 's artificial turf surface of the time -- and was knocked out for the rest of the season .
martin was ejected from the game by referee jerry markbreit and suspended for two games .
this was the first multi-game suspension for an on-field incident in modern nfl history , and would remain the longest suspension for an on-field incident until albert haynesworth of the tennessee titans was suspended five games for stomping on the head of dallas cowboys center andre gurode in 2006 .
the hand towel was saved after the game but was later lost .
having played college football at the university of west alabama -lrb- then known as livingston university -rrb- , martin began his pro football career with the birmingham stallions of the usfl in 1983 .
martin played for the packers from 1984 -- 1987 , the oilers in 1987 , and the falcons in 1988 .
martin died in 2005 at age 45 , due to complications from kidney failure .
