Ray Martini

Australian rules footballer

Ray Martini
Personal information
Full name	Ray Martini
Date of birth	(1930-07-14) 14 July 1930 (age 93)
Original team(s)	Flemington
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82.5 kg (182 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1950–52	Essendon	13 (1)
1953	Carlton	07 (0)
1954-1955	Williamstown (VFA)	010 (6)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1954.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ray Martini (born 14 July 1930) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family

Although there are suggestions that this "Martini" is the son of the former Geelong footballer, Percy Martini,^[2] the fact that Percy Martin's wife, May Victoria Martin (1887–1928), née Machar, died some two years before Ray Martini's birth, and that there's no record of Percy Martin ever remarrying (or, in contrast, being the father of an extra-marital child) seems to indicate that there's no substance to these claims.

Football

Williamstown (VFA)

He played with Williamstown for two seasons: 1954 and 1955^[3]^[4] totalling 10 senior games and kicking 6 goals.

Notes

^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.524.
^ For instance, at: Club-Room Gossip, The Argus, (Monday, 3 July 1950), p.15.
^ Football Statistics for Season 1954, The Williamstown Chronicle, (Thursday, 23 December 1954), p.7.
^ V.F.A. Teams Named: Wil'stown v. M'abbin, The Argus, (Friday, 20 May 1955), p.25.

References

Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
Premiers tune up for League opening, The Age, (Saturday, 8 April 1926), p.26.