Ron Martin (footballer)

Ron Martin
Personal information
Full name Ronald Hampton Douglas Martin
Date of birth (1904-09-14)14 September 1904
Place of birth Subiaco, Western Australia
Date of death 25 June 1984(1984-06-25) (aged 79)
Place of death South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Rochester, Stratford
Height 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930 South Melbourne 4 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Hampton Douglas Martin (14 September 1904 – 25 June 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Martin was recruited from South Melbourne Districts via Stratford in Gippsland, where he coached in 1929 and debuted for South Melbourne in round nine against Geelong in 1930.[2]

Martin coached Rochester in 1928.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "1930 - South Melbourne Weakened". The Age. 27 June 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  3. ^ "1929 - Football in Gippsland". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 8 June 1928. p. 5. Retrieved 30 April 2021.


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