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Ray Martin (Australian footballer)

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Ray Martin
Personal information
Full name John Raymond Martin
Date of birth (1909-11-18)18 November 1909
Place of birth Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death 28 July 1988(1988-07-28) (aged 78)
Place of death Parkville, Victoria
Original team(s) West Hawthorn Amateurs, Daylesford
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1930–1940 Richmond 159 (135)[1]
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1940.
Career highlights
  • Richmond VFL Reserves Premiership Player: 1929
  • Richmond VFL Senior Premiership Player: 1932, 1934
  • Richmond Reserves Best & Fairest: 1930
  • Richmond Seniors Best & Fairest: 1934 & 1935
  • VFL Interstate Games: 4
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

John Raymond Martin (18 November 1909 – 28 July 1988)[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL in 1930 and then from 1932 to 1940 for the Richmond Football Club.[3]

Martin played with Daylesford in the Ballarat Football League in 1931,[4] then returned to Richmond in 1932.

Martin was a member of Richmond's 1932 and 1934 VFL Premiership teams. He also won two club best and fairest awards in 1934 and 1935.

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - Ray Martin - Stats - Statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Ray Martin - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "1940 - Percey Bentley to retire". The Argus. 2 October 1940. p. 14. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "1931 - Football - Final Lists". The Age. 29 April 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  • Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
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