| Sam Martindale | |
| Full Name: | Samuel Airey Martindale |
| Birth Date: | 5 May 1905 |
| Birth Place: | Kendal, England |
| Death Place: | Kendal, England |
| Position: | Lock |
| Repyears1: | 1929 |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears2: | 1930 |
| Repcaps2: | 1 |
| Reppoints2: | 0 |
Samuel Airey Martindale (5 May 1905 – 19 January 1986) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Martindale made his maiden competitive appearance aged 14, when the Preston Grasshoppers visited him hometown of Kendal and required an additional player.[2] He made an impression as by the following season he was playing with the Kendal firsts, where he would spent his entire career.[2]
A goal-kicking forward, Martindale amassed over 1,000 points for his club Kendal, which included a 92-goal season.[2] He also played 56 county matches for Cumberland and was capped for England as a lock-forward in a 1929 Five Nations against France at Colombes.[3] In 1930, Martindale toured Australasia with the British Lions, appearing in the one-off Test match against the Wallabies in Sydney.[4] He retired with two international caps, one for England and one for the Lions, but was a reserve in a further 21 international matches.[2]