| Boy Martin | |
| Fullname: | David Kirker Martin[1] |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1914 |
| Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Clubs1: | Royal Ulster Rifles |
| Years2: | –1932 |
| Clubs2: | Cliftonville |
| Years3: | 1932–1934 |
| Clubs3: | Belfast Celtic |
| Years4: | 1934–1936 |
| Clubs4: | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Goals4: | 17 |
| Years5: | 1936–1938 |
| Clubs5: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps5: | 81 |
| Goals5: | 41 |
| Years6: | 1938–1946 |
| Clubs6: | Notts County |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Goals6: | 16 |
| Clubs7: | → Glentoran (guest) |
| Caps7: | 41 |
| Goals7: | 63 |
| Years8: | 1942–1943 |
| Clubs8: | → Watford (guest) |
| Caps8: | 9 |
| Goals8: | 7 |
| Clubs9: | → Aldershot (guest) |
| Caps9: | 1 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Clubs10: | → Fulham (guest) |
| Caps10: | 1 |
| Goals10: | 1 |
| Clubs11: | → Derry City (guest) |
| Years12: | 1946–1947 |
| Clubs12: | Ballymoney United |
| Years13: | 1947 |
| Clubs13: | Ballymena United |
| Caps13: | 6 |
| Goals13: | 6 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1932–1933 |
| Nationalteam1: | Ireland Amateurs |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1933–1934 |
| Nationalteam2: | Irish League XI |
| Nationalcaps2: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
| Nationalyears3: | 1933–1938 |
| Nationalteam3: | Ireland (IFA) |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 3 |
David Kirker Martin (1 February 1914 – 10 January 1991), known as Boy Martin or Davy Boy Martin, was a Northern Irish professional football centre forward, best remembered for his spells in the Football League with Nottingham Forest, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Notts County.[2] [3] [4] He was capped by Ireland at full and amateur level. After retiring from football, Martin coached at Ballymena United and Carrick Rangers.
In September 1933, Martin scored both of goals as Ireland defeated Scotland 2–1 in a full British Home Championship international.[5] Two weeks later he got another brace, this time for the Irish League XI in Belfast when they won 3–0 over the Scottish Football League XI.[6]
Martin served as a drummer boy in the Royal Ulster Rifles, where he acquired his nickname, "Boy". He re-enlisted in the British Army early in the Second World War and was wounded in Normandy in 1944.
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