| Mick Martyn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael Martyn | ||
| Born | (1968-08-31)31 August 1968 (age 57) | ||
| Original team | Newport Central | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1988–2002 | North Melbourne | 287 (16) | |
| 2003 | Carlton | 13(0) | |
| Total | 300 (16) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2003. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael Martyn (born 31 August 1968) is a formerAustralian rules footballer who played forNorth Melbourne andCarlton in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He is the son ofBryan Martyn, who also played for North Melbourne, and is a relative of early Carlton championPaddy O'Brien. He is an AFL life member.
After retiring from the AFL Mick played a season with Spotswood in the W.R.F.L.
Martyn was born with acleft palate disorder which does not allow him to speak normally or fluently. He attendedSt. Paul's College in North Altona.
Martyn was drafted to the Kangaroos under thefather–son rule. He notched up his first league game against Geelong but did not come on until the third quarter, where he lined up onGary Ablett Sr. In 1995, he was awarded theMichael Tuck Medal after the Kangaroos beat theAdelaide Crows in the1995 Ansett Cup. In 2002, he gained permission by the AFL to wear his father's number 30 jumper, as it would be the last match his father ever witnessed before dying a few days later. Mick said, "I didn't want to do it (wear Bryan's number) after he died. It was the greatest night of my life. It was better than winning a premiership. I wore two jumpers because I wanted to send one down with him, down the grave." Martyn won two premierships with the Kangaroos in 1996 and 1999 until he was delisted by the Kangaroos at the end of the 2002 season.[1][2]
Martyn was injured in the2002 Bali bombings, where he received burns to the back of his scalp.[3] He had been drinking withJason McCartney at Paddy's bar at the time of the attack. After exiting the building, he and McCartney left the scene and were admitted to hospital, McCartney suffering more life-threatening injuries. Martyn caused some controversy in 2004, commenting on radio stationTriple M that after the Bali bombings "it wasn't the blue and white in my corner; it was the navy blue".[4]
At the2002 draft, withDenis Pagan needing a "gorilla" at full-back, Martyn was drafted by Carlton to play for the 2003 season. He played a handful of games to notch up his 300th match against Essendon in Round 18 2003 at theMCG, where Carlton lost by 34 points;[5] after the match, he was chaired off the ground. However, that turned out to be his last match; he announced his retirement after the serious knee injury he suffered the next week at training.[6]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 1988 | North Melbourne | 50 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 205 | 51 | 256 | 55 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 1.1 |
| 1989 | North Melbourne | 4 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 224 | 75 | 299 | 57 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 12.4 | 4.2 | 16.6 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| 1990 | North Melbourne | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114 | 38 | 152 | 27 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 10.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 |
| 1991 | North Melbourne | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 209 | 84 | 293 | 75 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 13.3 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | North Melbourne | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 124 | 81 | 205 | 47 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 11.4 | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| 1993 | North Melbourne | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 136 | 54 | 190 | 40 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| 1994 | North Melbourne | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 72 | 188 | 42 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| 1995 | North Melbourne | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 91 | 178 | 35 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 10.5 | 2.1 | 0.4 |
| 1996 | North Melbourne | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 111 | 266 | 67 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 4.4 | 10.6 | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| 1997 | North Melbourne | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 66 | 267 | 62 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 0.8 |
| 1998 | North Melbourne | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 58 | 208 | 51 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 10.4 | 2.6 | 0.6 |
| 1999 | Kangaroos | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 76 | 229 | 54 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 10.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 |
| 2000 | Kangaroos | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 101 | 42 | 143 | 43 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 2.8 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 0.5 |
| 2001 | Kangaroos | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 33 | 106 | 25 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 2.3 | 1.0 |
| 2002 | Kangaroos | 4/30 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 111 | 42 | 153 | 36 | 14 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| 2003 | Carlton | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 34 | 86 | 22 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Career | 300 | 16 | 14 | 2211 | 1008 | 3219 | 738 | 199 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 3.4 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 0.7 | ||