Ted Martin (footballer)

Edward Martin (15 May 1910 – January 1990) was an English professional footballer who made 155 Football League appearances playing as a left back for Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]

Ted Martin

Personal information
Full name	Edward Martin[1]
Date of birth	15 May 1910[1]
Place of birth	Greasley, England
Date of death	January 1990 (aged 79)[1]
Place of death	Selston, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–19??	Selston Amateurs
19??–1932	Heanor Town
1932–1946	Brighton & Hove Albion	155	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Martin was born in Greasley, Nottinghamshire.[1] He played for Selston Amateurs and Heanor Town and had an unsuccessful trial with West Bromwich Albion before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion of the Football League Third Division South in September 1932. He was a first-team regular in the last four seasons before the Football League was suspended for the duration of the Second World War, and helped Albion finish as runners-up in 1938–39. Martin served in the Army, and made guest appearances for Portsmouth and Bournemouth before resuming his Albion career in the 1945–46 FA Cup. He played no more league football through injury, and went on to work as an electrician in a Nottinghamshire colliery.[1]

Martin died in Selston, Nottinghamshire, in 1990 at the age of 79.[1]

References

1. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.