Percy Martini
| Percy Martini | |||
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 Martini in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Percy Francis Joseph Martini | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1888 | ||
| Place of birth | Hawthorn, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1961(aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | East Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Marylebone | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1909–1915 | Geelong | 103 (262) | |
| 1916 | Richmond | 10(22) | |
| 1917–1920 | Geelong | 46(71) | |
| Total | 159 (355) | ||
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1Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball | |||
Percy Francis Joseph Martini(4 June 1888 – 1 July 1961)[1]was anAustralian rules footballerwho played forGeelongin theVictorian Football League(VFL).
Family
[edit]He married May Victoria Machar (1887–1928) in 1913.[2]
Football
[edit]Afull-forward,from 1909 until 1919 he was Geelong's leading goalkicker in every season except 1915. In 1916, the club did not take part in the competition due to thewar,and Martini played withRichmondfor the season and topped their goalkicking.
With 51 goals in 1910, he became the first Geelong player to kick over 50 goals in a season, and it was the biggest tally in the league for the year, posthumously earning a Leading Goalkicker Medal for his efforts. When he retired in 1920 he had managed to kick 333 goals for Geelong which at the time was a club record.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^"Percy Martini - Player Bio".Australian Football.Retrieved27 December2014.
- ^Deaths: Martini,The Age,(Friday, 29 November 1929), p.1.
References
[edit]- Hogan P:The Tigers of Old,Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996
External links
[edit]
- Percy Martini's playing statisticsfrom AFL Tables
- Percy Martini,atBoyles Football Photos
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