Frank Martin
Personal information
Full name Francis Martin[1]
Date of birth 3 January 1887
Place of birth Gateshead, England
Date of death 5 July 1967(1967-07-05) (aged 80)[2]
Place of death Grimsby, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Left half, right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1907 Gateshead Rodsley
1907–1910 Hull City 29 (1)
1911–1920 Grimsby Town 159 (1)
1921–1922 Aberdare Athletic 10 (0)
Cleethorpes Town
Charlton's
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francis Martin (3 January 1887 – 5 July 1967) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town, Hull City and Aberdare Athletic as a left half and right back.[1]

Personal life

Martin was married with two children and worked as a stonemason.[2] He served as a private with the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War.[4] Martin was shot in the jaw near Beaumont-Hamel in April 1916 and remained in France until November 1916, before returning to Britain for recuperation and being medically discharged in August 1917.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hull City 1907–08[5] Second Division 19 1 3 0 22 1
1908–09[5] 1 0 0 0 1 0
1909–10[5] 4 0 0 0 4 0
1910–11[5] 5 0 0 0 5 0
Total 29 1 3 0 32 1
Grimsby Town 1914–15[6] Second Division 19 0 1 0 20 0
Career total 48 1 4 0 52 1

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 197. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. 1 2 3 "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Grimsby Town". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Match fit and ready to fight for their country". The Northern Echo. 28 April 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Frank Martin". On Cloud Seven. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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