Martin Larkin

Martin Larkin (20 December 1903 – 1 July 1971)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Martin Larkin
Personal information
Full name William Martin Larkin
Date of birth (1903-12-20)20 December 1903
Place of birth Numurkah, Victoria
Date of death 1 July 1971(1971-07-01) (aged 67)
Place of death Ascot Vale, Victoria
Original team(s) Leongatha
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1925 Footscray 3 (0)
1925–1926 Hawthorn 4 (0)
Total 7 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

After commencing his career with Leongatha, Larkin joined Footscray at the start of the 1925 VFL season[3] and made three appearances before he transferred to Hawthorn in the middle of the season.[4]

In 1931 he married Margaret Ellen Waide and they had two children. Martin Larkin died in 1971.

Notes
  1. "Martin Larkin - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. "FOOTBALL PREPARATIONS". The Age. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 23 March 1925. p. 15.
  4. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 9 July 1925. p. 5.
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