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Key Facts

Full name
Percy Martyn

Known as
Percy Martyn

Born
11 May 1891

Died
13 January 1962 (aged 70)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 20y 352d
Last game: 30y 52d

Senior clubs
St. Kilda; Richmond; Essendon

Jumper numbers
St. Kilda: 16
Richmond: 12, 29
Essendon: 7, 9

Recruited from
St. Kilda (1913); Richmond (1915)

Percy Martyn

ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
St. KildaV/AFL19129111.2244%0
RichmondV/AFL1913-191521502.3838%0
EssendonV/AFL1915, 1918-19214570.1627%0
V/AFL1912-1915, 1918-192175680.9132%0
Total1912-1915, 1918-192175680.9132%0

AFL: 1,871st player to appear, 3,184th most games played, 1,586th most goals kickedSt. Kilda: 401st player to appear, 866th most games played, 408th most goals kickedRichmond: 114th player to appear, 499th most games played, 151st most goals kickedEssendon: 272nd player to appear, 374th most games played, 493rd most goals kicked

Originally from Warrnambool, Percy Martyn commenced his senior football career with Inglewood in 1909 and played in a winning grand final side the following year. The 1912 season saw him at St Kilda where he played nine VFL games and booted 11 goals, before crossing to Richmond. Playing mainly as a forward he was a prolific goal kicker with his tally of 32 in 1913 enabling him to head the club’s goal kicking list for the year. He was the first Richmond player to kick in excess of 30 goals in a VFL season.

After 21 games and 50 goals in two seasons with the Wasps Martini transferred to Essendon who utilised him primarily as a defender, a role in which he revelled. In 1915 and from 1918 to 1921 he made 43 senior appearances and registered seven goals. He was selected for Victoria in 1920 and played for a VFL representative team against Ballarat in 1920.

The next phase of Percy Martyn’s career saw him in Tasmania, where he captain-coached North Launceston as far as a grand final in 1922. He then undertook spells in the same role at North Hobart (1923) and Devonport (1924) before returning to Victoria. He continued playing in various country leagues and associations until 1939, by which point he was forty-seven years of age.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article; Those Magnificent Men 1897-1987 by Michael Maplestone

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.