Morris Glenn Martin (January 19, 1906 – April 17, 1997), also known as Abe Martin, was an

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player, coach of football,

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and

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, and college athletics administrator. He was the fifth head football coach at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU), serving from 1939 to 1949 and compiling a record of 31–42–5. Martin was the school's head basketball coach from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 43–20, head baseball coach from 1947 to 1965, amassing a record of 281–156–2. He was also the

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from 1945 to 1953. On April 30, 1972, Southern Illinois'

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was dedicated in honor of Martin, who retired from the athletic department in 1971. The field was later renamed in honor of a different coach in 2014.

Coaching career

Martin began his coaching career in 1933 at Fairfield High School in

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. He moved to Pontiac High School in Pontiac, Illinois in 1936 and then to

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in Princeton, Illinois a year later. He was hired at Southern Illinois Normal University—now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale—as an assistant football coach in 1938. Martin succeeded

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as head football coach at Southern Illinois in 1939.

Death

Martin died on April 17, 1997, at a retirement home

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Head coaching record

College football

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