Llew Martin

Llewellyn John Martin (25 April 1920 – 13 November 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Llew Martin
Personal information
Full name Llewellyn John Martin
Date of birth (1920-04-25)25 April 1920
Place of birth Northcote, Victoria
Date of death 13 November 2001(2001-11-13) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Clifton Hill CYMS
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1939 Fitzroy 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1939.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Martin's senior career consisted of two games late in the 1939 VFL season, in both games being the 19th man who replaced an injured team mate in the last quarter.[2][3]

Two years later Martin joined the 2nd AIF to serve in World War II after several years serving in the Army Reserve. In September 1941 he was posted to Singapore and was commissioned as an officer a month later. He was captured in the fall of Singapore in February 1942 and was interred in the Changi Camp. He was recovered from the Japanese in September 1945 and returned to Australia later that year.[4]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 555. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "KICK TO SAFETY". Sporting Globe. No. 1789. Victoria, Australia. 19 August 1939. p. 4.
  3. "PLAYERS INJURED". The Age. No. 26328. Victoria, Australia. 4 September 1939. p. 6.
  4. Cullen, Barbara (2015). Harder than football : league players at war. Richmond, Victoria: Slattery Media Group. p. 383. ISBN 978-0-992379-14-8.


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