Herbert Martin

{{Short description|German footballer}}

{{For|the Irish cricketer|Herbert Martin (cricketer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Herbert Martin

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|8|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ensdorf, Saar Basin

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|29|1925|8|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Ensdorf, Germany

| height =

| position = Forward

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| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1949–1950

| clubs1 = FC Ensdorf

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1950–1961

| clubs2 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps2 = 254

| goals2 = 197

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| totalgoals =

| nationalyears1 = 1950–1956

| nationalteam1 = Saarland

| nationalcaps1 = 17

| nationalgoals1 = 6

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Herbert Martin (29 August 1925 – 29 September 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Nationalmannschaft1Anhang.htm|title=Die Spieler der saarländischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft|accessdate=7 May 2017|author=Martin Neu|language=German|publisher=Saar Nostalgie}} was a Saarland and German footballer.

The striker spent the majority of his career with 1. FC Saarbrücken. He was the leading goal scorer for the Saarland national football team (tied with Herbert Binkert), with six goals,{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/saar-recintlp.html | title = Saar – International Players | first = Michael | last = Mühlen | date = 19 February 2010 | accessdate = 30 September 2016 | publisher = RSSSF}} while the team existed between 1950 and 1956. He won 17 caps{{Cite web | url = http://rsssf.com/miscellaneous/hmartin-intlg.html | title = Herbert Martin – Goals in International Matches | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 21 January 2006 | accessdate = 30 September 2016 | publisher = RSSSF}} for the Saar federation which was later included into the West German Football Association. He died in 2016.[http://www.salue.de/nachrichten/message-78727.phtml Herbert Martin gestorben] {{in lang|de}}