Alan Martello

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Alan Martello

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = St Mary's Church of England

| height = 193 cm

| weight = 100 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1983

| years1 = 1970–1980

| club1 = {{AFL Haw}}

| games_goals1 = 223 (164)

| years2 = 1981–1983

| club2 = {{AFL Ric}}

| games_goals2 = {{0}}32 {{0|00}}(3)

| games_goalstotal = 255 (167)

| careerhighlights=

• 3× VFL Premiership player: 1971, 1976, 1978
• VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century

}}

Alan Martello (born 14 September 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Martello was Hawthorn's regular centre half-forward for much of the 1970s{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2z9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gpQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4258%2C1763013|newspaper=The Age|date=19 March 1982|page=32|issue=39,569|title=Tigers put faith in 'old' blood|first=Trevor|last=Grant}} and a prodigious kicker of the football, Martello 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.

Following his playing career he had a long broadcasting career with 3AW as a commentator on the station's AFL coverage.