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Born without legs, Martin -- a 3-foot-1-inch, 117-pound high school football player -- quickly uses his hands to propel himself between a flag-toting honor guard lining the 50-yard line. The coronation is sweet. The new king stands tall. Martin is crowned, and his green-and-yellow No. 99 Cougars jersey is draped with a red cape that flutters in the wind, Superman-like. It was specially tailored by Sharon Murphy, his consumer science instructor at Colonel White High School. Even though she was ill, Murphy was there, caught up in Bobbymania.
Martin, 17, plays on special teams and is a backup nose tackle who sees limited playing time. But when he does, he fearlessly propels himself with gloved hands, his torso inches above the turf. He's agile and has tremendous arm strength. He makes cobra-like tackles and is the last defense on kickoff returns.
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