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Cecil Francis "Zeke" Martin (September 26, 1924 – November 27, 2006) was a college and pro athlete, high school coach, businessman and mayor from Denton, Texas. He was a two-time all-conference quarterback at North Texas State College from 1947 to 1950 and had previously started 1 game for the Texas Longhorns football team in 1944. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 1951 and played professionally for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canada during the 1951 season. He coached high school football for nearly a decade and then became a successful businessman, the mayor of Denton, Texas and a candidate for the Texas state legislature.