He was studying his playbook, ignoring the slot machines, hiding from Charles Martin. “I’ve been trying to sign Jim for about three years,” said coach Mike Holmgren. “My security blanket.

Jim McMahon says he 'owned' the Packers ... start the following season before McMahon suffered a season-ending injury after being body-slammed to the turf by then-Packers defensive end Charles Martin.

"And when McMahon was picked up by Charles Martin and thrown down, he was lucky he wasn't hurt very badly. “These things were after the play, after the fact. So either you are coaching that or ...

Charles Martin took his white towel and scribbled five numbers on it. A hit list. On Nov. 23, 1986, the Chicago Bears welcomed their longstanding rival, the Green Bay Packers, into the Windy City.

Green Bay Packers' Charles Martin (94) is shown after slamming Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the ground, Nov. 23, 1986, at Soldier Field in Chicago. (Getty Images) ...

If you want to rile a Bears fan, just bring up the name of Charles Martin. The Green Bay defensive lineman became Public Enemy No. 1 in Chicago on Nov. 23, 1986 — and rightly so — for his ...

Years before he threw quarterback Jim McMahon to the Soldier Field turf to ruin any realistic hopes the Bears had of repeating as Super Bowl champions in 1986, former Green Bay Packers defensive ta… ...

Former Packers defensive tackle Charles Martin, best known for his body slam of Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, died Sunday at age 46, the Associated Press reported ...

The former No. 1 overall pick recently teamed up with legendary Chicago signal-caller Jim McMahon—who ironically won a Super Bowl with the Packers as Brett Favre's backup—for a Topps ...

CHICAGO | Charles Martin died of renal kidney disease in January of 2005. He was 46 and few people outside Green Bay cared. Bears try killing Packers with kindness ...

More sinister, he suffered long-term aftereffects following a body slam to the turf, courtesy of Charles Martin. The resulting injury left McMahon with compression of his C1 and C2 vertebrae.

A mountain rises above sandy red dirt not far from Jim McMahon’s home in Arizona. There are saguaros, jagged rocks, maybe some rattlers. But no trail. As he drives by, McMahon tells his friend ...