Donald Martin (born 8 February 1940) is a former

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player. He represented Australia at the 1964 (winning Bronze) and 1968 (winning Silver) Summer Olympics. Don was inducted as a member of the Western Australian Hockey Champions on 23 May 2010.

Biography

Don was born in

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, moving to Australia in 1951 to attend boarding school at

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, where he was a member of the First XI Hockey team for 6 years from 1952-1957. He was selected in the state under 16 boys team in 1954/55. After leaving school, Don began playing in the West Australian Hockey Association First Division Competition. In 1959, Don was selected to play in the state under 21 colts team, and then the state senior team in 1960-65 and 1968. He first represented Australia in 1961 playing in a winning Manning Memorial Cup victory over New Zealand, and then continued playing for Australia from 1962–64 and 1968. He was chosen in the 1964 Olympic team winning Bronze, and four years later in Mexico, winning Silver. He was an Australian Badged Umpire and also a Western Australian State Senior Hockey Selector.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Don Living people Olympic field hockey players for Australia People educated at Aquinas College, Perth Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia 1940 births Australian male field hockey players Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Field hockey people from Western Australia Sportsmen from Western Australia