Stan Martin
Stan Martin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Stanley Carlton Martin | ||
Date of birth | 23 November 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Dunolly, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 3 May 1917 27) | (aged||
Place of death | Bullecourt, France | ||
Original team(s) | Wesley College | ||
Position(s) | Wing | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1909–14 | University | 65 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1914. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Stanley Carlton Martin (23 November 1889 — 3 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with University in the Victorian Football League.
Family
The son of Irvin Martin (-1931) and Mary Jane Martin, née Conron, he was born on 23 November 1889 at Dunolly, in Victoria.[1] He was engaged to Olive Ruth Weaver (1888-) in November 1915.[2]
He was killed in action, at Bullecourt, in France on 3 May 1917.[3]
Mabel Alice Martin (1879-1953) was his sister,[4][5][6] and Hector Martin (1877-1952)[7] and Arthur Robert Martin (1883-1916) were his older brothers.[8][9]
Education
Educated at Wesley College,[10] he began a dental degree at the University of Melbourne in 1910.
Football
While at university he was awarded a full blue in football.[11]
- Stan Martin was for three or four years a noted wing player for the University Football Club, and was one of the finest exponents of the running drop-kick that I have ever seen. Being fast, quick and clever, he played many a great game for 'Varsity, and for his open, breezy exhibitions, was a prime favorite with the spectators. The sympathy of all players and lovers of the game is extended to his relatives. (Gerald Brosnan. The Winner, 30 May 1917).[12]
Military
Having served in the cadets at Wesley College, he enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. He played football in the Services game in London. A bayonet instructor, he was killed in action.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Announcements: Births, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 December 1889), p.8.
- ↑ Engaged, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 13 November 1915), p.9.
- ↑ Died on Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 22 May 1917), p.1.
- ↑ Biographies: Angels of Mercy (World War I Nurses) of the Brighton Cemetery: Mabel Alice Martin, Brighton Cemetorians.
- ↑ First World War Nominal Roll: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, Australian War Memorial; First World War Embarkation Roll: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, Australian War Memorial; World War I Service Record: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, National Archives of Australia.
- ↑ Funeral Notice: Martin, The Age, (Thursday, 7 May 1953), p.8.
- ↑ World War I Service Record: Hector Martin (4838), National Archives of Australia; Engagements, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 1 August 1918), p.27; Deaths: Martin, The Argus, (Monday, 15 September 1952), p.14.
- ↑ First World War Nominal Roll: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; Roll of Honour: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; World War I Service Record: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), National Archives of Australia.
- ↑ Deaths: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 6 June 1916), p.1; In Memoriam: On Active Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 May 1921), p.1.
- ↑ University of Melbourne: Junior Public Examination, The Age, (Monday, 10 January 1910), p,10; Wesley College, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 December 1910), p.12.
- ↑ Athletics, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 14 November 1914), p.21.
- ↑ Noted Footballers Fall, The (Melbourne) Winner) Wednesday, 30 May 1917), p.8.
References
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- Stan Martin's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
- Main, J. & Allen, D., "Martin, Stanley", pp.114-115 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen — The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002.
- Australia's Roll of Honor: 309th Casualty List: Killed in Action: Victoria, The Age, (Tuesday, 12 June 1917), p.6.
- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stanley Carlton Martin (4488)
- World War I Service Record: Stanley Carlton Martin (4488), National Archives of Australia.
- Stanley Carlton Martin (4488), The AIF Project, University of New South Wales, Canberra.
- Roll of the Fallen: Matthews, Stanley Carlton. 1910, The University of Melbourne Record of Active Service of Teachers, Graduates, Undergraduates, Officers, and Servants in the European War, 1914—1918, The University of Melbourne, (Parkville), 1926, p.30.