Martin Larkin | |
Fullname: | William Martin Larkin |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1903 |
Birth Place: | Numurkah, Victoria |
Death Place: | Ascot Vale, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Leongatha |
Height: | 182cm |
Weight: | 81kg |
Statsend: | 1926 |
Years1: | 1925 |
Games Goals1: | 3 (0) |
Years2: | 1925–1926 |
Games Goals2: | 4 (0) |
Games Goalstotal: | 7 (0) |
William Martin Larkin (20 December 1903 – 1 July 1971)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with and in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
The son of Michael Edward Larkin (1855–1929)[3] and Catherine Ann Larkin, nee McGlone (1863–1939),[4] William Martin Larkin was born at Numurkah on 20 December 1903.
After commencing his career with Leongatha,[5] Larkin joined Footscray at the start of the 1925 VFL season[6] and made three appearances before he transferred to in the middle of the season.[7]
In 1931 he married Margaret Ellen Waide, and they had two children together.
William Martin Larkin died in 1971 and is buried at Melbourne General Cemetery.[8]