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Stan Martin
Personal information
Full name Stanley Carlton Martin
Date of birth (1889-11-23)23 November 1889
Place of birth Dunolly, Victoria
Date of death 3 May 1917(1917-05-03) (aged 27)
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.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Stanley Carlton Martin (23 November 1889 – 3 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Family

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The son of Irvine Martin 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 in November 1915.[2]

He was killed in action during his military service, at Bullecourt, 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

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Educated at Wesley College,[10] he began a dental degree at the University of Melbourne in 1910.

Football

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The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916.[11] Stan Martin is the third from the right in the back row.

University (VFL)

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While at university he was awarded a full blue in football.[12][13]

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).[14]

Training Units team (AIF)

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He played for the (losing) Australian Training Units team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.[15][16]

Military

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Having served in the cadets at Wesley College, he enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. A bayonet instructor, he was killed in action.

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Announcements: Births, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 December 1889), p.8.
  2. ^ Engaged, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 13 November 1915), p.9.
  3. ^ Died on Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 22 May 1917), p.1.
  4. ^ Biographies: Angels of Mercy (World War I Nurses) of the Brighton Cemetery: Mabel Alice Martin, Brighton Cemetorians.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Funeral Notice: Martin, The Age, (Thursday, 7 May 1953), p.8.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Deaths: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 6 June 1916), p.1; In Memoriam: On Active Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 May 1921), p.1.
  10. ^ University of Melbourne: Junior Public Examination, The Age, (Monday, 10 January 1910), p,10; Wesley College, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 December 1910), p.12.
  11. ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
  12. ^ The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.
  13. ^ Athletics, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 14 November 1914), p.21.
  14. ^ Noted Footballers Fall, The (Melbourne) Winner) Wednesday, 30 May 1917), p.8.
  15. ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
  16. ^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube

References

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