Martin Joseph Bolger (19 August 1906 – 28 July 1991) 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 in the VFL between 1930 and 1939 for the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or colloquially the Tiges, is a professional Australian rules football team competing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Founded in 1885 in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond, Victoria, Ric ...

. A member of the Tigers' legendary "''Three Musketeers''" backline of Bolger, Sheahan and

O'Neill The O'Neill dynasty ( Irish: ''Ó Néill'') are a lineage of Irish Gaelic origin that held prominent positions and titles in Ireland and elsewhere. As kings of Cenél nEógain, they were historically one of the most prominent family of the Nor ...

, he played in the 1929 Seconds premiership side as well as in four straight senior

Grand Finals Primarily in Australian sports, a grand final is a game that decides a sports league's premiership (or championship) winning team, i.e. the conclusive game of a finals (or play-off) series. Synonymous with a championship game in North Ameri ...

from 1931 to 1934, winning the premiership in 1932 and 1934. Bolger was awarded Life Membership in 1939. Later serving as a committeeman and vice president of the club, his service to the

exceeded 50 years.

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
Richmond Football Club - Hall of Fame

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* * Richmond Football Club players Richmond Football Club premiership players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne 1906 births 1991 deaths VFL/AFL premiership players People from Hawthorn, Victoria 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1906-stub