Mighty Mike Martin has been a hit with Michigan fans for years. After winning state championships in football, wrestling and shot put at Detroit Catholic Central, turning himself into an All-Big Ten defensive lineman at Michigan then becoming a successful Tennessee Titan, it’s tempting to call Mighty Martin a hometown hero.
But on Saturday, with kids draped around his tree-trunk legs and an even wider smile on his face, it wasn’t Martin’s mightiness that made him a hero. Instead, at the first-annual Mike Martin Youth Football Camp, a free camp for elementary and middle school athletes held at Pioneer High School, it was Magnetic Mike Martin who was making everyone’s day.