Floyd Martin

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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1929–2023)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Floradale, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|9|1929|6|26}}

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 180

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Left

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| played_for = Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
Elmira Polar Kings
Galt Terriers
Johnstown Jets
Pittsburgh Hornets
Windsor Bulldogs
Guelph Mercurys

| ntl_team = CAN

| career_start = 1949

| career_end = 1969

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{{MedalSport | Men's Ice hockey}}

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{{MedalBronze| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo |Ice hockey}}

{{MedalSilver| 1960 Squaw Valley |Ice hockey}}

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Floyd Gingrich "Butch" Martin (June 26, 1929 – June 9, 2023) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics.

Martin was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Holland|title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010|year=2008|publisher=Fenn Publishing Company Ltd.|page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/86 86]|isbn=978-1-55168-323-2|url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/86}} and the silver medal for Canada in ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics.{{cite book|first=Dave|last=Holland|title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History, 1920-2010|year=2008|publisher=Fenn Publishing Company Ltd.|page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/94 94]|isbn=978-1-55168-323-2|url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/94}} He played for the Johnstown Jets and Pittsburgh Hornets. Martin played 205 matches in the Eastern Hockey League and 2 matches in the American Hockey League.

Martin sold cars in Waterloo after his player career was over and returned to his hometown.{{cite web | url=https://www.kitchenerpost.ca/news-story/5207829-floradale-s-martin-said-no-to-nhl-yes-to-love/?li_source=li&li_medium=mobile_ymbii&li_pl=930909a0-03fc-452f-8350-be948a74cb2b&li_tr=mobile_ymbii | title=Waterloo Region News - Local | Waterloo Record | date=February 28, 2024 }}

Martin died on June 9, 2023, at the age of 93.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/92167 Butch Martin]