Des Martin
| Des Martin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Norman Desmond Martin | ||
| Born |
2 August 1913 Sale, Victoria | ||
| Died |
7 December 1985 (aged 72) Prahran, Victoria | ||
| Original team | Frankston Bombers | ||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1941–1942 | South Melbourne | 10 (6) | |
| 1942 | Richmond | 5 (5) | |
| Total | 15 (11) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1942. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Norman Desmond Martin (2 August 1913 – 7 December 1985) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The youngest of 11 children born to Thomas Martin (1864–1937)[2] and Ellen Martin (1867–1940),[3] née Smith, Norman Desmond Martin was born in Sale, Victoria on 2 August 1913.[4]
Des Martin married Ivy Jean Purdy on 27 December 1941.[5]
Football
[edit]Sale
[edit]Having commenced playing in the local Sale competition in 1933,[6] Des Martin soon won a place in the Sale team competing in the Gippsland Football Association.[7]
Frankston
[edit]In 1936, Martin moved to Frankston where he made an immediate impression[8] and ended the season scoring four goals in a one-point loss to the Naval Depot team in the (Preliminary) Final of the Peninsula League.[9] He was a leading player throughout 1937 before he was sidelined with injury for the 1938 season. Martin trained with South Melbourne before the 1939 season[10] but he did not make the final list and he returned to Frankston.
In October 1940 Martin enlisted to service in the Royal Australian Air Force in World War II[11] but was subsequently discharged due to a physical defect with his leg.[12]
South Melbourne
[edit]Martin returned to South Melbourne in 1941 and after playing well in the reserves[13] he made his debut in the middle of the 1941 VFL season.[14] A rover and half forward, he played nine games that year.
Martin enlisted for a second time in early 1942, this time in the Australian Army,[15] and had an operation to correct an issue in his leg.[12] He was made captain of the South Melbourne seconds team but made one more appearance in the senior team in round 11 of the 1942 VFL season.
Richmond
[edit]Des Martin crossed over to Richmond in the middle of the 1942 season[16] and he played five games for them, his final appearance being as a reserve for Richmond in the 1942 VFL Grand Final, which they lost to Essendon.[14]
Martin joined the Berrigan Football Club in 1946 as captain-coach when he returned from war service.[15][17]
He won the Murray Football League's best and fairest award, the O'Dwyer Medal in 1946 and was runner up in 1948,[18] when playing for Berrigan. Martin won the Berrigan best and fairest award in 1948.[19]
In 1947, Martin coached Minyip Football Club in the Wimmera Football League.[20]
Martin was captain-coach of Watchem from 1950 to 1952.
Martin was coach of the Oakleigh Under 19 side and lead them to premierships in 1953 and 1954.
References
[edit]- ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 554. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ↑ "Family Notices". Gippsland Times. No. 10, 483. Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1937. p. 8.
- ↑ "Family Notices". Gippsland Times. No. 11, 139. Victoria, Australia. 22 April 1940. p. 8.
- ↑ "Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria". Government of Victoria.
- ↑ "Jottings of Jill". Gippsland Times. No. 11, 229. Sale, Victoria. 9 February 1942. p. 2.
- ↑ "Position of Teams". Gippsland Times. No. 10, 000. Victoria, Australia. 24 August 1933. p. 1.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL". Gippsland Times. No. 10, 090. Victoria, Australia. 16 July 1934. p. 1.
- ↑ "NAVY BEGINS WELL". Frankston And Somerville Standard. Victoria, Australia. 15 May 1936. p. 6.
- ↑ "MORNINGTON LEAGUE". The Age. No. 25, 402. Victoria, Australia. 14 September 1936. p. 4.
- ↑ "Football". Record. Vol. XLIV, no. 11. Victoria, Australia. 18 March 1939. p. 3.
- ↑ "World War II Roll: Norman Martin". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- 1 2 "SOUTH FOOTBALLER IN MILITARY HOSPITAL". Record. Vol. XLVII, no. 8. Victoria, Australia. 28 February 1942. p. 1.
- ↑ "ONE CHANGE AT FOOTSCRAY". The Age. No. 26, 875. Victoria, Australia. 6 June 1941. p. 4.
- 1 2 AFL Tables: Des Martin
- 1 2 "World War II Roll: Desmond Martin". Department of Veterans Affairs.
- ↑ "LEADERS WILL BE TESTED Interest in VFL Games". The Argus. No. 29, 932. Victoria, Australia. 31 July 1942. p. 6.
- ↑ The Argus,"D. Martin For Berrigan", 6 April 1946, p. 10
- ↑ "1948 – Murray FL – O'Dwyer Medal". Cobram Courier. 13 August 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ↑ "1948 - Football Trophies Allotted". The Berrigan Advocate (Cobram, NSW. : 1891 - 1970). 15 September 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
- ↑ "1948 - Back to Berrigan". Shepparton Advertiser. 19 March 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
External links
[edit]- Des Martin at AustralianFootball.com