Geoffrey Martin (9 March 1940 – 6 November 2021) 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 scored 41 goals from 295 appearances in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

playing as a left winger for

Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...

(in two spells),

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

and Grimsby Town. He was on the books of Leeds United, but his only appearance was in the League Cup. He won the Fourth Division championship with Chesterfield in the 1969–70 season, after which he retired. According to a profile in the

''Times & Star'', "Martin was not the most skilful of wingers, but ideal in a

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format. His work-rate was phenomenal, so strong and persistent." Martin died on 6 November 2021, at the age of 81.

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1940 births 2021 deaths People from Tupton Footballers from Derbyshire English footballers Association football wingers Chesterfield F.C. players Leeds United F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Workington A.F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players English Football League players Parkhouse Colliery F.C. players {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub