Jim Martin
James Richard Martin "Jungle Jim"
Born: April 8, 1924
Cleveland, OH USA
Deceased: October 9, 2002
Corona, CA
Position: G-LB-K
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 227
College: Notre Dame
High School: East Tech (Cleveland, OH)
Career: 1950-1964
Drafted: 1950 in Round 2, #26 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Jim Martin played from 1950 to 1964 during his career with the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins. Martin kicked 92 field goals in 192 attempts, a 47.9 percent success rate, over his career.
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Kicking:
| Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 10 |
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 3 | |||
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 15 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 26 |
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 49 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 21 | |
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 28 | 26 | 92.9 | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 65 |
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 70 |
| 1963 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 35 | 32 | 91.4 | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 104 |
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 39 | 35 | 89.7 | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 71 |
| Totals | 169 | 158 | 93.5 | 192 | 92 | 47.9 | 434 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1951 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1952 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1953 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1954 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1956 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||
| 1957 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
| 1958 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||
| 1959 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||
| 1960 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 65 | |||||||||
| 1961 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 70 | |||||||||
| 1963 | NFL Baltimore Colts | 0 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 104 | |||||||||
| 1964 | NFL Washington Redskins | 0 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 71 | |||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 434 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 12 | 0 |
| 1951 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1952 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1953 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 8 | 0 |
| 1954 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1955 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 0 |
| 1956 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1957 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1958 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1959 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1960 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 |
| 1961 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 |
| 1963 | NFL | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | NFL | Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 |
