Martin was the first documented case of an ice hockey player not known as an enforcer to have developed CTE; Martin was believed to have developed the disease primarily as a result of a severe concussion he received in 1977 while not wearing a helmet.
Martin var det første dokumenterede tilfælde af en ishockeyspiller ikke kendt som en "enforcer", der har udviklet CTE; det antages at Martin udviklede sygdomme primært som et resultat af en voldsom hjernerystelse han fik i 1977 da han ikke bar en hjelm.