"The Voice of Texas Stadium" passes away...

[Cbz40]

Former Texas Stadium PA man dies

5:15 PM Fri, Jul 04, 2008 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Pete Aldrich


Murphy Martin, the public address announcer at Texas Stadium during the 1980s, has died after a lengthy illness.

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Wow, he was just one hour from his 83rd birthday when he passed. He's the one who coined the phrase "Often imitated, never equalled, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders." May he rest in peace.

 

[LeonDixson]

God bless him.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

May God be with his family.........

 

[trickblue]

Murphy Martin was a class act and a great Cowboy Fan. He sent us Thanksgiving Day tickets for years. He used to tell my dad it was a thank you for all of those years he provided excitement on the football field as Murphy watched.

RIP Mr. Martin...

Link

Hall of Fame broadcaster Murphy Martin dies at 82
By EDWIN QUARLES
The Lufkin Daily News

Saturday, July 05, 2008

East Texas native Murphy Martin, after a lengthy illness, passed away in a Dallas hospital late Thursday night, a little more than an hour short of his 83rd birthday.

According to the Web site, murphymartin.com, his wife was with him when he passed away.

Martin was born in Groveton July 4, 1924, and moved to Lufkin with his family at the age of three.

Martin, a Lufkin High School graduate, attended college at North Texas State in Denton.

He went into radio broadcasting in 1949, when he moved back to Lufkin with his family. In 1955, he became the anchor, news director and sales manager for KTRE-TV in Lufkin.

In June 1961, Martin began the first of three stints at WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas. In 1963, he left WFAA to become an ABC-TV anchor, travelling all over the world and working with young reporters Ted Koppell and Peter Jennings.

Martin returned to WFAA in 1968, but left again in 1970 to head up Ross Perot's United We Stand organization, seeking the release of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam.

Martin came back to WFAA one last time in 1972, this time as lead anchor.

He remained there until 1975, when he left to open his own television consulting firm. He was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2006.

In the last couple years Martin worked as a motivational speaker. For more than 20 years, he was the public address announcer at Dallas Cowboys' games and was known as "The Voice of Texas Stadium."

In his career Martin covered the JFK assassination, interviewed presidents, world leaders, sports personalities and TV and movie stars, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Glenn, Tom Landry, Bob Hope and John Wayne.

In mid-November 2003, Martin released a book titled "Front Row Seat: A Veteran Reporter Relives the Four Decades That Reshaped America." The book recounts history as seen through Martin's eyes.​

 

[HardHittingRoy31]

Murphy Martin was a class act and a great Cowboy Fan. He sent us Thanksgiving Day tickets for years. He used to tell my dad it was a thank you for all of those years he provided excitement on the football field as Murphy watched.


RIP Mr. Martin...

Link​

Hall of Fame broadcaster Murphy Martin dies at 82​

By EDWIN QUARLES​

The Lufkin Daily News​

Saturday, July 05, 2008​

East Texas native Murphy Martin, after a lengthy illness, passed away in a Dallas hospital late Thursday night, a little more than an hour short of his 83rd birthday.​

According to the Web site, murphymartin.com, his wife was with him when he passed away.​

Martin was born in Groveton July 4, 1924, and moved to Lufkin with his family at the age of three.​

Martin, a Lufkin High School graduate, attended college at North Texas State in Denton.​

He went into radio broadcasting in 1949, when he moved back to Lufkin with his family. In 1955, he became the anchor, news director and sales manager for KTRE-TV in Lufkin.​

In June 1961, Martin began the first of three stints at WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas. In 1963, he left WFAA to become an ABC-TV anchor, travelling all over the world and working with young reporters Ted Koppell and Peter Jennings.​

Martin returned to WFAA in 1968, but left again in 1970 to head up Ross Perot's United We Stand organization, seeking the release of American prisoners of war in North Vietnam.​

Martin came back to WFAA one last time in 1972, this time as lead anchor.​

He remained there until 1975, when he left to open his own television consulting firm. He was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame in 2006.​

In the last couple years Martin worked as a motivational speaker. For more than 20 years, he was the public address announcer at Dallas Cowboys' games and was known as "The Voice of Texas Stadium."​

In his career Martin covered the JFK assassination, interviewed presidents, world leaders, sports personalities and TV and movie stars, including Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John Glenn, Tom Landry, Bob Hope and John Wayne.​

In mid-November 2003, Martin released a book titled "Front Row Seat: A Veteran Reporter Relives the Four Decades That Reshaped America." The book recounts history as seen through Martin's eyes.​

RIP!!!!!!

 

[Nexx]

phew, for a second i thought jub jub died.

RIP.

 

[LongSnapper]

phew, for a second i thought jub jub died.

RIP.

No offense but Jub Jub has a LONG way to go before he can ever be compared to Murphy Martin

RIP Mr.Martin may your voice bellow through the heavens

 

[ThreeSportStar80]

R.I.P.

 

[DallasFanSince86]

RIP Murphy Martin.

 

[Referee]

May he announce all of our entries into that Heavenly gridiron... Rest in peace good man.

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

Condolences to his family.

RIP Murphy Martin.

 

[junk]

Murphy Martin was a class act and a great Cowboy Fan. He sent us Thanksgiving Day tickets for years. He used to tell my dad it was a thank you for all of those years he provided excitement on the football field as Murphy watched.

Who was your Dad?

 

[Boyzmamacita]

Who was your Dad?

That's what I want to know.

 

[trickblue]

Who was your Dad?

That's what I want to know.

Sorry if that was misleading or vague...

Mr. Martin was from Lufkin, as am I and my family, and he always remained a Lufkin Panther fan. He particularly took interest in my father and although he (my father) didn't go to North Texas as Mr. Martin tried to orchestrate, he was always cordial and gracious to us...

He did follow my father's college career and was always dropping my dad notes over the years. He was just a really nice man...