Frederick Martin (died 1932) was an English
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as an
inside right for
South Kirkby
South Kirkby is a town in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England which is governed locally by South Kirkby and Moorthorpe Town Council. The town forms half of the civil parish of South Kirkby and Moorthorpe. The parish has a population ...
,
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...
,
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
and
Raith Rovers
Playing career
Martin began his football career with South Kirkby
before being signed by Barnsley in May 1909. He played at either inside right or centre forward for Barnsley. After three seasons at Oakwell he next moved to Sunderland in February 1913 and then to Raith Rovers. By April Martin found himself in the final of the Scottish Cup with Raith but ended up on the losing side. In 1914 Martin scored two goals for Raith Rovers in a Scottish Cup win over the then mighty Hearts, where he broke a tooth in doing so. His exploits for Raith led to him being heavily linked to a return to Sunderland or a transfer to Hearts or Celtic.
Martin died in January 1932 at the age of 43.
References
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Year of birth missing
English footballers
Association football forwards
South Kirkby Colliery F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
Raith Rovers F.C. players
Sunderland A.F.C. players
1932 deaths