Pepper Martin - Later Life

Later Life

Before his death, he served briefly as the athletic director of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma. Martin died on March 5, 1965, after suffering a heart attack. His wife, Ruby, survived him by over four decades, dying just after her 99th birthday in 2009. Martin was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1992.

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