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.
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.
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]
^Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN1875169571).
December 15, 2023
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