Ron Martin (footballer)

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Ron Martin

| image =

| fullname = Ronald Hampton Douglas Martin

| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|09|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Subiaco, Western Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|06|25|1904|09|14|df=y}}

| death_place = South Melbourne, Victoria

| originalteam = Rochester, Stratford

| height = 177 cm

| weight = 74 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1930

| years1 = 1930

| club1 = {{AFL SM}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (3)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Ronald Hampton Douglas Martin (14 September 1904 – 25 June 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=555}}

Martin was recruited from South Melbourne Districts via Stratford in Gippsland, where he coached in 1929 and debuted for South Melbourne in round nine against Geelong in 1930.{{cite web |title=1930 - South Melbourne Weakened |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203090475 |publisher=The Age |access-date=30 April 2021 |pages=5 |date=27 June 1930}}

Martin coached Rochester in 1928.{{cite web |title=1929 - Football in Gippsland |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183986945 |publisher=Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic) |access-date=30 April 2021 |pages=5 |date=8 June 1928}}