John A Martin
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 67–68) Halifax district, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop, Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1967–80 | Halifax | 262 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 76 |
| 1980–83 | Keighley | |||||
| Total | 262 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 76 | |
John A. Martin (born 1948 (age 67–68)
in Halifax played professional rugby league during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. He signed for his hometown club, Halifax, in 1967 as a nineteen-year-old from Siddal ARLFC and played a total of 262 games until his transfer to Keighley in 1980.
Career highlights include winning the Halifax RLFC Player of the Year award in seasons 1974–75, and 1977–78, being awarded of the James Harrison Trophy (fairest and most loyal player in Yorkshire) in 1977.[1]
Playing career
Player's No.6 Trophy final appearances
John Martin played Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Halifax's 22-11 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1971-72 Player's No.6 Trophy final during the 1971-72 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 January 1972.
Testimonial match
John A. Martin's Testimonial match at Halifax took place in 1978.
Honoured at Halifax RLFC
John Martin is a Halifax RLFC Hall Of Fame Inductee, he was admitted to the Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame, alongside Karl Harrison in October 2010.[2]
References
- ↑ Thrum Hallers - Halifax Heroes 1945-1998. Tempus Publishing Ltd. 2004.
- ↑ "Halifax RLFC Hall of Fame". Halifax RLFC.