Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Stan Martin 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 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 the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League .
Family
The son of Irvine Martin and Mary Jane Martin, née Conron, he was born on 23 November 1889 at Dunolly, in Victoria .[ 1] [ 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] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Education
Educated at Wesley College ,[ 10] the University of Melbourne in 1910.
The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916.[ 11]
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]
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
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
^ 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. ^ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
^ The University Team, The Leader , (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29. ^ Athletics, The Weekly Times , (Saturday, 14 November 1914), p.21. ^ Noted Footballers Fall, The (Melbourne) Winner) Wednesday, 30 May 1917), p.8. ^ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) YouTube
^ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) YouTube
References
Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm , Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.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.
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