Dustin Martin
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Martin during the 2017 AFL season.
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Dustin Martin | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Castlemaine, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) |
Bendigo Pioneers (TAC Cup) Castlemaine (BFL) |
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| Draft | No. 3, 2009 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2010, Richmond vs. Carlton, at MCG |
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| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
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| Current club | Richmond | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2010– | Richmond | 156 (158) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 3, 2017.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Dustin Martin (born 26 June 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Richmond Football Club with the third overall selection in the 2009 national draft.
Martin was born in Castlemaine, Victoria to a half Caucasian half Maori father, Shane and an Australian mother, Kathy Knight. He played football for Castlemaine in the Bendigo Football League before leaving school after year 9 and moving to Sydney with his father, Shane. In Sydney he played for the Campbelltown Blues under 18's for the majority of the season and for the senior team on one occasion. Meanwhile, he worked at his father's transport business and his father's girlfriend's sports apparel business.
At the end of 2007 Martin moved back to Castlemaine where he played for the Castlemaine Football Club senior side. In 2008 he played four games for the Bendigo Pioneers in the TAC Cup. He returned to the Pioneers side the following year and played exceptionally well, placing second in the club's best-and-fairest award. Across 11 games with Bendigo, Martin would average 24.7 disposals and 9.7 contested possessions. He also ranked 1st at the club for disposals, contested possessions, clearances, inside 50s and score assists.
Martin went on to play for the Victorian Country side in the 2009 Under 18s championships, averaging 21.4 touches and 7.2 contested possessions in the five games he played. In the final match of the competition he recorded 28 disposals and five clearances against Western Australia. He was rewarded for his stellar efforts at the championships with a selection in the tournament's All-Australian team.
Martin entered the AFL draft camp at the AIS in Canberra in October of that year. He recorded impressive results, finishing equal second in the kicking efficiency test and ran the 20 m sprint in 2.89 seconds, the second fastest at the camp.
Martin's AFL career began in November 2009 when he was drafted to Richmond with the third overall pick in the 2009 AFL Draft. He debuted in the season's opening match of the following year, a 56 point Richmond loss against traditional rivals Carlton. Martin impressed, recording the sixth most disposals of any Tiger (18) to go along with four marks, three tackles and three clearances. In Round 10 of the same season he was nominated for the 2010 AFL Rising Star after a 21 disposal and 11 clearance match against Port Adelaide. Due to a rough conduct charge received in Round 3 however, Martin was ruled ineligible for the award and thus did not officially place in the end of season award's points tally. He missed only one game in his debut season, and finished the year ranked second at Richmond for clearances and inside 50s and third for both contested possessions and disposals.
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