Alan Martello

Alan Martello
Personal information
Birth	14 September 1952
Recruited from	St Mary's Church of England
Height and weight	193cm / 100kg
Playing career¹
Team(s)	Hawthorn (1970-80) 224 Games, 162 Goals Richmond (1981-83) 32 Games, 3 Goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season
Career highlights
Hawthorn Premiership Player 1971, 1976, 1978 Interstate Games:- 2 VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century 2007

Alan Martello (born 14 September 1952) is a former Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1970 and 1980 for Hawthorn, and between 1981 and 1983 for Richmond. Martello was a tough Centre Half Forward and a prodigious kicker of the football. He was the youngest man ever to reach 200 games. Martello left Hawthorn in 1980 after a bitter dispute and played in a losing Grand Final for Richmond in 1982.

References

Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996

External links

Alan Martello Stats

Hawthorn Football Club 1971 VFL Premiers

Hawthorn 12.10 (82) defeated St Kilda 11.9 (75), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 27. Parkin \| 2. Keddie \| 4. Beck \| 5. Crimmins \| 8. Heath \| 9. Porter \| 10. Wilson \| 12. Day \| 13. Rice \| 14. Martello \| 15. Moore \| 16. Bussell \| 18. Hawken \| 20. Bremner \| 23. Scott \| 26. Hudson \| 30. Meagher \| 32. Matthews \| 33. Angus \| 34. Stevenson

Coach: Kennedy

Hawthorn Football Club 1976 1978 VFL Premiers

Captain: 23. Scott \| 2. Ablett \| 3. Matthews \| 6. Moncrieff \| 10. Polkinghorne \| 14. Martello \| 15. Moore \| 17. Tuck \| 24. Knights \| 25. Hendrie \| 26. Eade \| 43. Murnane

Persondata
Name	Martello, Alan
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	14 September 1952
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Date of death
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