Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Friday, 3rd March, 1944
- Died
- Tuesday, 13th February, 2018 (Aged 73 years and 347 days)
Known Family Links
- Brother
- Mal McMartin
Biography
Veteran hooker, the twin brother of Mal McMartin, was already a seasoned campaigner with the Eels when he joined Cronulla on a privately sponsored $10,000 contract (the first recorded player to do so). A NSW rep in 1975 John McMartin was a consistent ball-winner and a highly competitive player in the open. A chief play-maker with the Sharks he played in the 1978 drawn grand final against Manly but missed the replay through injury.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 259 | 17 | - | - | 51 | 112 | 141 | 6 | 43.24% | List | ||||
Craven Mild Cup | 37 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 45.95% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | 7 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 28.57% | List | ||||
National Panasonic Cup | 16 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Interstate Matches | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
NSW Firsts | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
NSW City Firsts | 1975 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Overall | 1975 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1966 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1967 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 38.10% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1968 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1969 | 19 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 47.37% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1970 | 20 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 20.00% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1971 | 23 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 52.17% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1972 | 21 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 19.05% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1973 | 16 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 37.50% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1974 | 18 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22.22% | List | |||
Parramatta | NSWRFL 1975 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1976 | 21 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 38.10% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1977 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 59.09% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1978 | 25 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 68.00% | List | |||
Cronulla | NSWRFL 1979 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 9 | 1 | 58.33% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Parramatta | 1966-75 | 167 | 14 | - | - | 42 | 60 | 104 | 3 | 35.93% | List | |||
Cronulla | 1976-79 | 92 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 52 | 37 | 3 | 56.52% | List | |||
Overall | 1966-1979 | 259 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 112 | 141 | 6 | 43.24% | List |
Contributions:
Paul Carter, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Max Turner, Michael Borg, AJ Lucantonio
Your Say
14/02/2018
Does anyone know who John McMartin play his Junior football with ?
15/02/2018
Very sad to hear of his passing recently, in terms of winning the ball in the scrum there was none better.
16/02/2018
I had the great pleasure of playing rugby league with both john & mal for the Richmond club before they were both graded.I also worked with their father lennie at Qantas. So sorry to hear of Johns passing & condolences to mal & both their families
23/09/2023
In regards to John McMartin’s junior football question. He played for Richmond and possibly Wenty! I know his brother Mal played for wenty. My mums sister Kathy ( Johns widow) met john when he was playing for Richmond in the Hawkesbury!
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