| Bernie Martin | |||||
| Fullname: | John Bernard Martin | ||||
| Birth Date: | 4 October 1909 | ||||
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand | ||||
| Death Place: | Belmore, New South Wales, Australia | ||||
| Retired: | yes | ||||
| Club1: | St. George | ||||
| Year1start: | 1930-34 | ||||
| Appearances1: | 41 | ||||
| Tries1: | 18 | ||||
| Goals1: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 | ||||
| Points1: | 54 | ||||
| Club2: | South Sydney | ||||
| Year2start: | 1935 | ||||
| Year2end: | 36 | ||||
| Appearances2: | 9 | ||||
| Tries2: | 8 | ||||
| Goals2: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 | ||||
| Points2: | 24 | ||||
| Club3: | St. George | ||||
| Year3start: | 1937 | ||||
| Year3end: | 38 | ||||
| Appearances3: | 9 | ||||
| Tries3: | 2 | ||||
| Goals3: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals3: | 0 | ||||
| Points3: | 6 | ||||
| Year4start: | 1940 | ||||
| Appearances4: | 2 | ||||
| Tries4: | 1 | ||||
| Goals4: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoals4: | 0 | ||||
| Points4: | 3 | ||||
| Teama: | New South Wales | ||||
| Yearastart: | 1934 | ||||
| Appearancesa: | 2 | ||||
| Triesa: | 1 | ||||
| Goalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 | ||||
| Pointsa: | 3 | ||||
| Source: | [1] [2] | ||||
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John Bernard 'Bernie' Martin (1909-1991) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1930s and 1940s.
A St. George local junior from Arncliffe, New South Wales, Martin was graded at St. George as a winger in 1930. He played five seasons with St. George : 1930,1933-1934 and 1937–1938. Martin played in the 1933 Final in which the Dragons were runners-up to Newtown on 9 September 1933. [3]
He also played for South Sydney between 1935–1936, and finished his career at Canterbury-Bankstown in 1940.[4] [5] [6] Bernie Martin's brother, Edward Martin, also played with him at St. George in 1933. [7]
Martin died on 13 April 1991, aged 81.[8]