John McMartin

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 3rd March, 1944
Died
Tuesday, 13th February, 2018 (Aged 73 years and 347 days)

Known Family Links

Brother
Mal McMartin

Biography

Veteran hooker, the twin brother of Mal McMartin, was already a seasoned campaigner with the Eels when he joined Cronulla on a privately sponsored $10,000 contract (the first recorded player to do so). A NSW rep in 1975 John McMartin was a consistent ball-winner and a highly competitive player in the open. A chief play-maker with the Sharks he played in the 1978 drawn grand final against Manly but missed the replay through injury.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 259 17 -   - 51 112 141 6 43.24% List
Craven Mild Cup 15 2 -   - 6 6 8 1 40.00% List
NRL Finals 7 - -   - - 2 4 1 28.57% List
National Panasonic Cup 2 - -   - - 1 1 0 50.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Interstate Matches 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NSW Firsts 1975 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1975 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1975 2 0 0   0 - 0 2 0 0.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta NSWRFL 1966 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1967 21 1 -   - 3 8 13 0 38.10% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1968 8 - -   - - 4 4 0 50.00% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1969 19 3 -   - 9 9 10 0 47.37% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1970 20 2 -   - 6 4 16 0 20.00% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1971 23 1 -   - 3 12 11 0 52.17% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1972 21 3 -   - 9 4 15 2 19.05% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1973 16 3 -   - 9 6 10 0 37.50% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1974 18 - -   - - 4 14 0 22.22% List
Parramatta NSWRFL 1975 20 1 -   - 3 9 10 1 45.00% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1976 21 1 -   - 3 8 12 1 38.10% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1977 22 1 -   - 3 13 9 0 59.09% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1978 25 1 -   - 3 17 7 1 68.00% List
Cronulla NSWRFL 1979 24 - -   - - 14 9 1 58.33% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Parramatta 1966-75 167 14 -   - 42 60 104 3 35.93% List
Cronulla 1976-79 92 3 -   - 9 52 37 3 56.52% List
Overall1966-1979 259 17 0   0 51 112 141 6 43.24% List

Your Say

  • Daryl
    14/02/2018

    Does anyone know who John McMartin play his Junior football with ?

  • Anonymous
    15/02/2018

    Very sad to hear of his passing recently, in terms of winning the ball in the scrum there was none better.

  • Peter blyth
    16/02/2018

    I had the great pleasure of playing rugby league with both john & mal for the Richmond club before they were both graded.I also worked with their father lennie at Qantas. So sorry to hear of Johns passing & condolences to mal & both their families

  • Justin Brown
    23/09/2023

    In regards to John McMartin’s junior football question. He played for Richmond and possibly Wenty! I know his brother Mal played for wenty. My mums sister Kathy ( Johns widow) met john when he was playing for Richmond in the Hawkesbury!

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Contributions: Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Michael Borg, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, AJ Lucantonio