Marty Below
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| Wisconsin Badgers | |
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| Position | Tackle |
| Career history | |
| College |
Wisconsin–Oshkosh Wisconsin–Madison (1922–1923) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | January 26, 1899 |
| Place of birth | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
| Date of death | June 30, 1984 (aged 85) |
| Place of death | Evanston, Illinois |
| College Football Hall of Fame (1988) | |
Martin Paul "Marty" Below (January 26, 1899 – June 30, 1984) was an American football player. He played at the tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1923. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
Below was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1899. He played basketball and football at Oshkosh High School and served in the United States Marine Corps during World War I.
After being discharged from the military, Below attended the Oshkosh State Teachers College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh) where he played football and basketball. In 1922, Below transferred to the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He played at the tackle position for the Wisconsin Badgers football team in 1922 and 1923. At the end of the 1922 season, Below was selected as a first-team All-American by the New York Tribune and Norman E. Brown, a third-team All-American by Walter Camp, and a first-team All-Western player by Walter Eckersall of the Chicago Daily Tribune.
At the team banquet in late November 1922, the Wisconsin players chose Below as the captain of the 1923 team. During the 1923 season, the Badgers played Red Grange's Fighting Illinis to a scoreless tie. Grange later called Below "the greatest lineman that I ever played against." In picking Below for his all-time team, Grange in 1926 said, "We always avoided his side of the line, knowing that we could gain nothing through him." At the end of the 1923 season, Below was selected as a consensus member of the 1923 College Football All-America Team. He received first-team honors from Athletic World magazine (chosen by 500 coaches),Football World magazine,Norman E. Brown, and Davis J. Walsh, sports editor for the International News Service.
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