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 % | ||||
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| NRL | 227 | 17 | - | - | 51 | 104 | 118 | 5 | 45.81% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| National Panasonic Cup | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Interstate Matches | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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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 | |||
| Overall | 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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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 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Parramatta | NSWRFL 1973 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | 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 | 135 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 52 | 81 | 2 | 38.52% | List | |||
| Cronulla | 1976-79 | 92 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 56.52% | List | |||
| Overall | 1966-1979 | 227 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 104 | 118 | 5 | 45.81% | List | |||
Contributions:
Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Michael Borg, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter
Your Say
Daryl says: Does anyone know who John McMartin play his Junior football with ? (14/02/2018)
Anonymous says: Very sad to hear of his passing recently, in terms of winning the ball in the scrum there was none better. (15/02/2018)
Peter blyth says: 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 (16/02/2018)
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