Ian Martin (rugby league)

Australian rugby league footballer (born 1951)

Ian Martin

Personal information

Full name| Ian Martin
Born|  (1951-07-01) 1 July 1951 (age 73)

Playing information

Position| Five-eighth, Lock
| Club

Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1969–78  | Manly-Warringah | 155  | 34  | 0  | 0  | 102
Representative
Years  | Team  | Pld | T | G | FG | P
1972  | New South Wales | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
1975  | NSW Country | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0

Source: [1] Whiticker/Hudson

Ian Martin (born 1951) is an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. Martin is a multi premiership winning player with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.

## Career

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Martin was graded as a 16-year-old with Manly in 1967. He played nine seasons of first grade football with Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles between 1969 and 1974 and between 1976 and 1978.

Martin holds the rare distinction of playing in six grand finals with Manly, winning four of them. His first was in the side that lost the 1970 Grand Final to Souths. He then starred in the winning Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles teams of 1972, 1973, 1976 and the 1978 draw and replay.

He started his career as a brilliant five-eighth, and finished his career as a lock-forward. Ian Martin played 155 first grade games, and scored 34 tries during his career. His only representative appearances were for New South Wales in 1972, and after a short stint as the captain-coach of Sawtell, New South Wales in 1975, he represented N.S.W. Country Firsts that year. Martin retired at the conclusion of the 1978 NSWRFL season.[2]

## References

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1. ^ RLP
2. ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571).

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad – 1972 NSWRFL Premiers (1st title)

* 1 Graham Eadie
* 2 Ken Irvine
* 3 Ray Branighan
* 4 Bob Fulton
* 5 Max Brown
* 6 Ian Martin
* 7 Dennis Ward

* 8 Bill Hamilton
* 9 Fred Jones (c)
* 10 John O'Neill
* 11 Allan Thomson
* 12 Terry Randall
* 13 Malcolm Reilly

* Coach: Ron Willey

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad – 1973 NSWRFL Premiers (2nd title)

* 1 Graham Eadie
* 2 Ken Irvine
* 3 Ray Branighan
* 4 Bob Fulton
* 5 Max Brown
* 6 Ian Martin
* 7 John Mayes

* 8 Bill Hamilton
* 9 Fred Jones (c)
* 10 John O'Neill
* 11 Peter Peters
* 12 Terry Randall
* 13 Mal Reilly

* 14 John Bucknall
* Coach: Ron Willey

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad – 1976 NSWRFL Premiers (3rd title)

* 1 Graham Eadie
* 2 Tom Mooney
* 3 Russel Gartner
* 4 Bob Fulton (c)
* 5 Rod Jackson
* 6 Alan Thompson
* 7 Gary Stephens

* 8 John Harvey
* 9 Max Krilich
* 10 Terry Randall
* 11 Steve Norton
* 12 Phil Lowe
* 13 Ian Martin

* 14 Gary Thoroughgood
* 17 Mark Willoughby
* Coach: Frank Stanton

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Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad – 1978 NSWRFL Premiers (4th title)

* 1 Graham Eadie
* 2 Tom Mooney
* 3 Stephen Knight
* 4 Russel Gartner
* 5 Simon Booth
* 6 Alan Thompson
* 7 Steve Martin

* 8 Ian Thomson
* 9 Max Krilich (c)
* 10 John Harvey
* 11 Bruce Walker
* 12 Terry Randall
* 13 Ian Martin

* 14 Wayne Springall
* 16 Ray Branighan
* Coach: Frank Stanton

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