Bryan Martyn Explained

Bryan Martyn
Fullname:Charles Bryan Martyn[1]
Birth Date:27 December 1930
Originalteam:Kensington
Height:191 cm
Weight:90 kg
Statsend:1958
Years1:1950–1958
Club1:North Melbourne
Games Goals1:73 (16)

Charles Bryan Martyn (27 December 1930 – 9 June 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the VFL during the 1950s.

Martyn won the 1957 Syd Barker Medal for being judged North Melbourne's best and fairest player, an award that his son Mick would later win twice.

He died from cancer on 9 June 2002, aged 71.[2] Just days prior to his death, his son Mick got special AFL approval to wear the guernsey number 30 in his father's honour, which was the number Bryan wore for the latter half of his career. Mick said, "I didn't want to do it (wear Bryan's number) after he died. It was the greatest night of my life. It was better than winning a premiership. I wore two jumpers because I wanted to send one down with him, down the grave."[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charles Bryan Martyn . Find a Grave.
  2. The Age, "The Roos remember Bryan Martyn, a true Shinboner", 11 June 2002, Karen Lyon
  3. Web site: 2003-06-05. Solid as a rock? Mick Martyn would need to be. 2021-09-08. The Age. en.