Alan Martello Explained

Alan Martello
Birth Date:	14 September 1952
Originalteam:	St Mary's Church of England
Height:	193 cm
Weight:	100 kg
Statsend:	1983
Years1:	1970–1980
Games Goals1:	223 (164)
Years2:	1981–1983
Games Goals2:	32 (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^[1] 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.

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn

• 3× VFL premiership player: 1971, 1976, 1978
• 2× Minor premiership: 1971, 1975

Richmond

• Minor premiership: 1982

Individual

• Hawthorn life member
• VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century

Bibliography

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

Notes and References

1. News: Tigers put faith in 'old' blood. The Age. 19 March 1982. 32. 39,569. Trevor. Grant.