Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Kirker Martin [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 10 January 1991[2] | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Royal Ulster Rifles | |||
–1932 | Cliftonville | ||
1932–1934 | Belfast Celtic | ||
1934–1936 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | (17) |
1936–1938 | Nottingham Forest | 81 | (41) |
1938–1946 | Notts County | 26 | (16) |
→ Glentoran (guest) | 41 | (63) | |
1942–1943 | → Watford (guest) | 9 | (7) |
→ Aldershot (guest) | 1 | (0) | |
→ Fulham (guest) | 1 | (1) | |
→ Derry City (guest) | |||
1946–1947 | Ballymoney United | ||
1947 | Ballymena United | 6 | (6) |
International career | |||
1932–1933 | Ireland Amateurs | 4 | (4) |
1933–1934 | Irish League XI | 4 | (4) |
1933–1938 | Ireland (IFA) | 10 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Kirker Martin (1 February 1914 – 10 January 1991), known as Boy Martin or Davy Boy Martin, was a Northern Irish professional football centre forward, best remembered for his spells in the Football League with Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Notts County. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was capped by Ireland at full and amateur level. [2] After retiring from football, Martin coached at Ballymena United and Carrick Rangers. [2]
In September 1933, Martin scored both of goals as Ireland defeated Scotland 2–1 in a full British Home Championship international. [5] Two weeks later he got another brace, this time for the Irish League XI in Belfast when they won 3–0 over the Scottish Football League XI. [6]
Martin served as a drummer boy in the Royal Ulster Rifles, where he acquired his nickname, "Boy". [2] He re-enlisted in the British Army early in the Second World War and was wounded in Normandy in 1944. [2]
Belfast Celtic
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | David Kirker Martin [1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 February 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Date of death | 10 January 1991[2] | (aged 76)||
Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
Royal Ulster Rifles | |||
–1932 | Cliftonville | ||
1932–1934 | Belfast Celtic | ||
1934–1936 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | (17) |
1936–1938 | Nottingham Forest | 81 | (41) |
1938–1946 | Notts County | 26 | (16) |
→ Glentoran (guest) | 41 | (63) | |
1942–1943 | → Watford (guest) | 9 | (7) |
→ Aldershot (guest) | 1 | (0) | |
→ Fulham (guest) | 1 | (1) | |
→ Derry City (guest) | |||
1946–1947 | Ballymoney United | ||
1947 | Ballymena United | 6 | (6) |
International career | |||
1932–1933 | Ireland Amateurs | 4 | (4) |
1933–1934 | Irish League XI | 4 | (4) |
1933–1938 | Ireland (IFA) | 10 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Kirker Martin (1 February 1914 – 10 January 1991), known as Boy Martin or Davy Boy Martin, was a Northern Irish professional football centre forward, best remembered for his spells in the Football League with Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Notts County. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was capped by Ireland at full and amateur level. [2] After retiring from football, Martin coached at Ballymena United and Carrick Rangers. [2]
In September 1933, Martin scored both of goals as Ireland defeated Scotland 2–1 in a full British Home Championship international. [5] Two weeks later he got another brace, this time for the Irish League XI in Belfast when they won 3–0 over the Scottish Football League XI. [6]
Martin served as a drummer boy in the Royal Ulster Rifles, where he acquired his nickname, "Boy". [2] He re-enlisted in the British Army early in the Second World War and was wounded in Normandy in 1944. [2]
Belfast Celtic