Jim "Bull" Martin (20 August 1884 – 12 October 1940) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with
Carlton,
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club, in the Australian Football League
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
United Kin ...
and
Fitzroy in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL).
Football
Martin played mostly as a forward, often in the pocket. He only made six appearances for Carlton in his debut season and the following year switched to
Northcote.
A strongly built and physical player, Martin returned to the league in 1907, with Essendon, playing there for the next seven years. Despite only kicking 16 goals in 1907, it was enough to top the goal-kicking at Essendon. He played in Essendon's losing
1908 Grand Final side.
He missed out on their 1911 premiership when he received a twelve-week suspension mid-season for striking
George Holden of Fitzroy. Police later charged Martin with assault, making him the first VFL player to appear before the courts over an on-field incident.
After playing in Esendon's 1912 premiership team he crossed to Fitzroy's during the 1913 season and participated in another premiership. This made him the first person in VFL history to play in consecutive premierships at two clubs, a feat later equaled by only
Tom Fitzmaurice
Thomas Joseph Cullinan Fitzmaurice (7 July 1898 – 25 December 1977) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Football
A brilliant centre-half-back, he commenced his career with Essendon Football Club 1918. ...
.
Death
Jim Martin died in
Royal Melbourne Hospital
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH), located in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, is one of Australia's leading public hospitals. It is a major teaching hospital for tertiary health care with a reputation in clinical research. Th ...
in 1940.
References
External links
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Essendon Football Club profile
1884 births
1940 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents
Northcote Football Club players
Carlton Football Club players
Essendon Football Club players
Essendon Football Club premiership players
Fitzroy Football Club players
Fitzroy Football Club premiership players
VFL/AFL premiership players
People from Carlton, Victoria
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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