Stanley Carlton Martin (23 November 1889 – 3 May 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Melbourne University Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Family The son of Irvine Martin and Mary Jane Martin, née Conron, he was born on 23 November 1889 at Dunolly, in Victoria.Announcements: Births, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 7 December 1889), p.8. He was engaged to Olive Ruth Weaver in November 1915.Engaged, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 13 November 1915), p.9.

He was killed in action during his military service, at Bullecourt, France on 3 May 1917.Died on Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 22 May 1917), p.1.

Mabel Alice Martin (1879–1953) was his sister,Biographies: Angels of Mercy (World War I Nurses) of the Brighton Cemetery: Mabel Alice Martin, Brighton Cemetorians.First World War Nominal Roll: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, Australian War Memorial; First World War Embarkation Roll: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, Australian War Memorial; World War I Service Record: Staff Nurse Mabel Alice Martin, National Archives of Australia.Funeral Notice: Martin, The Age, (Thursday, 7 May 1953), p.8. and Hector Martin (1877–1952)World War I Service Record: Hector Martin (4838), National Archives of Australia; Engagements, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 1 August 1918), p.27; Deaths: Martin, The Argus, (Monday, 15 September 1952), p.14. and Arthur Robert Martin (1883–1916) were his older brothers.First World War Nominal Roll: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; Roll of Honour: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), Australian War Memorial; World War I Service Record: Private Arthur Roberts Martin (2070), National Archives of Australia.Deaths: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 6 June 1916), p.1; In Memoriam: On Active Service: Martin, The Argus, (Tuesday, 3 May 1921), p.1.

Education Educated at Wesley College,University of Melbourne: Junior Public Examination, The Age, (Monday, 10 January 1910), p,10; Wesley College, The Age, (Wednesday, 14 December 1910), p.12. he began a dental degree at the University of Melbourne in 1910.

Football

University (VFL) While at university he was awarded a full blue in football.The University Team, The Leader, (Saturday, 4 May 1912), p.29.Athletics, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 14 November 1914), p.21. Stan Martin was for three or four years a noted wing player for the University Football Club, and was one of the finest exponents of the running drop-kick that I have ever seen. Being fast, quick and clever, he played many a great game for 'Varsity, and for his open, breezy exhibitions, was a prime favorite with the spectators. The sympathy of all players and lovers of the game is extended to his relatives. (Gerald Brosnan. The Winner, 30 May 1917).Noted Footballers Fall, The (Melbourne) Winner) Wednesday, 30 May 1917), p.8.

Training Units team (AIF) He played for the (losing) Australian Training Units team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.The original newsreel: The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel:

Military Having served in the cadets at Wesley College, he enlisted in the First AIF in July 1915. A bayonet instructor, he was killed in action.

See also List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

Footnotes

References Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. Main, J. & Allen, D., "Martin, Stanley", pp. 114–115 in Main, J. & Allen, D., Fallen – The Ultimate Heroes: Footballers Who Never Returned From War, Crown Content, (Melbourne), 2002. Australia's Roll of Honor: 309th Casualty List: Killed in Action: Victoria, The Age, (Tuesday, 12 June 1917), p.6. Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour: Stanley Carlton Martin (4488) World War I Service Record: Stanley Carlton Martin (4488), National Archives of Australia. Stanley Carlton Martin (4488), The AIF Project, University of New South Wales, Canberra. Roll of the Fallen: Matthews, Stanley Carlton. 1910, The University of Melbourne Record of Active Service of Teachers, Graduates, Undergraduates, Officers, and Servants in the European War, 1914—1918, The University of Melbourne, (Parkville), 1926, p.30.

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