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Bernard Martin (rugby league)

Australia rugby league footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ18217644 ↗
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John Bernard 'Bernie' Martin (1909–1991) was an Australian rugby league player who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Playing career

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.

He also played for South Sydney between 1935 and 1936, and finished his career at Canterbury-Bankstown in 1940. Bernie Martin's brother, Edward Martin, also played with him at St. George in 1933.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1909, 1991, 1930, 1933—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1910. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Bernard, Martin and rugby providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bernard Martin (rugby league)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.