Percy Martini

Percy Martini
Personal information
Date of birth	4 June 1888
Date of death	1 July 1961 (aged 73)
Original team(s)	Marylebone
Height / weight	183 cm / 85 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1909–1915 1916 1917–1920 Total -	Geelong Richmond Geelong	103 (262) 010 0(22) 046 0(71) 159 (355)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1920.
Career highlights
Geelong Leading Goalkicker 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1919 VFL Leading Goalkicker 1910 Richmond Leading Goalkicker 1916 Interstate games:- 2

Percy Martini (4 June 1888 - 1 July 1961)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A Full-forward, from 1909 until 1919 he was Geelong's leading goalkicker in every season except 1915. In 1916 the club did not take part in the competition due to the war and Martini played with Richmond for the season and topped their goalkicking.

With 51 goals in 1910 he became the first Geelong player to kick over 50 goals in a season and it was the biggest tally in the league for the year. When he retired in 1920 he had managed to kick 333 goals for Geelong which at the time was a club record.

References

1. "Percy Martini - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

• Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

• Percy Martini's statistics from AFL Tables