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Mick Martyn (Australian footballer)

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Mick Martyn
Personal information
Full name Michael Martyn
Date of birth (1968-08-31) 31 August 1968 (age 56)
Original team(s) Newport Central
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1988–2002 North Melbourne 287 (16)
2003 Carlton 013 0(0)
Total 300 (16)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael Martyn (born 31 August 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne and Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the son of Bryan Martyn, who also played for North Melbourne, and is a relative of early Carlton champion Paddy O'Brien. He is an AFL life member.

After retiring from the AFL Mick played a season with Spotswood in the W.R.F.L.

Early life

Martyn was born with a cleft palate disorder which does not allow him to speak normally or fluently. He attended St. Paul's College in North Altona.

North Melbourne Football Club

Martyn was drafted to the Kangaroos under the father–son rule. He notched up his first league game against Geelong but did not come on until the third quarter, where he lined up on Gary Ablett Sr. In 1995, he was awarded the Michael Tuck Medal after the Kangaroos beat the Adelaide Crows in the 1995 Ansett Cup. In 2002, he gained permission by the AFL to wear his father's number 30 jumper, as it would be the last match his father ever witnessed before dying a few days later. Mick said, "I didn't want to do it (wear Bryan's number) after he died. It was the greatest night of my life. It was better than winning a premiership. I wore two jumpers because I wanted to send one down with him, down the grave." Martyn won two premierships with the Kangaroos in 1996 and 1999 until he was delisted by the Kangaroos at the end of the 2002 season.[1][2]

Bali bombings

Martyn was injured in the 2002 Bali bombings, where he received burns to the back of his scalp.[3] He had been drinking with Jason McCartney at Paddy's bar at the time of the attack. After exiting the building, he and McCartney left the scene and were admitted to hospital, McCartney suffering more life-threatening injuries. Martyn caused some controversy in 2004, commenting on radio station Triple M that after the Bali bombings "it wasn't the blue and white in my corner; it was the navy blue".[4]

Carlton Football Club

At the 2002 draft, with Denis Pagan needing a "gorilla" at full-back, Martyn was drafted by Carlton to play for the 2003 season. He played a handful of games to notch up his 300th match against Essendon in Round 18 2003 at the MCG, where Carlton lost by 34 points;[5] after the match, he was chaired off the ground. However, that turned out to be his last match; he announced his retirement after the serious knee injury he suffered the next week at training.[6]

Playing statistics

[7]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
1988 North Melbourne 50 21 1 0 205 51 256 55 24 0.0 0.0 9.8 2.4 12.2 2.6 1.1
1989 North Melbourne 4 18 3 4 224 75 299 57 13 0.2 0.2 12.4 4.2 16.6 3.2 0.7
1990 North Melbourne 4 15 0 0 114 38 152 27 11 0.0 0.0 7.6 2.5 10.1 1.8 0.7
1991 North Melbourne 4 22 1 0 209 84 293 75 12 0.0 0.0 9.5 3.8 13.3 3.4 0.5
1992 North Melbourne 4 18 5 6 124 81 205 47 15 0.3 0.3 6.9 4.5 11.4 2.6 0.8
1993 North Melbourne 4 19 1 0 136 54 190 40 11 0.1 0.0 7.2 2.8 10.0 2.1 0.6
1994 North Melbourne 4 21 0 0 116 72 188 42 7 0.0 0.0 5.5 3.4 9.0 2.0 0.3
1995 North Melbourne 4 17 2 1 87 91 178 35 6 0.1 0.1 5.1 5.4 10.5 2.1 0.4
1996 North Melbourne 4 25 1 1 155 111 266 67 14 0.0 0.0 6.2 4.4 10.6 2.7 0.6
1997 North Melbourne 4 25 0 0 201 66 267 62 19 0.0 0.0 8.0 2.6 10.7 2.5 0.8
1998 North Melbourne 4 20 0 0 150 58 208 51 11 0.0 0.0 7.5 2.9 10.4 2.6 0.6
1999 Kangaroos 4 21 0 0 153 76 229 54 16 0.0 0.0 7.3 3.6 10.9 2.6 0.8
2000 Kangaroos 4 15 1 0 101 42 143 43 7 0.1 0.0 6.7 2.8 9.5 2.9 0.5
2001 Kangaroos 4 11 0 1 73 33 106 25 11 0.0 0.1 6.6 3.0 9.6 2.3 1.0
2002 Kangaroos 4/30 19 1 1 111 42 153 36 14 0.1 0.1 5.8 2.2 8.1 1.9 0.7
2003 Carlton 10 13 0 0 52 34 86 22 8 0.0 0.0 4.0 2.6 6.6 1.7 0.6
Career 300 16 14 2211 1008 3219 738 199 0.1 0.0 7.4 3.4 10.7 2.5 0.7

References

  1. ^ "MICK MARTYN". Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Remembering Mighty Mick Martyn". 27 March 2020. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Print Article: Roo Jason McCartney airlifted to Alfred Hospital". Archived from the original on 31 October 2002.
  4. ^ "Martyn savages Kangaroos over Bali". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 May 2004. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Mick Martyn". Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Retiring Martyn won't be forever Blue". 28 August 2003. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ Mick Martin's player profile at AFL Tables
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