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Tom Martin (ice hockey, born 1947)

Canadian ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3530787 ↗
Source-derived summary

Thomas Raymond Martin (born October 16, 1947) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Martin played in three National Hockey League (NHL) games with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1967–68 season. He also played in over 200 WHA games with the Ottawa Nationals and Toronto Toros between 1972 and 1975.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Tom Martin (ice hockey, born 1947)” as canadian ice hockey player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Martin, hockey and born.

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—1947, 1967, 1972, 1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-10-16. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Martin, hockey and born providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3530787. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947, 1967, 1972 and 1975.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tom Martin (ice hockey, born 1947)” 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.