Alan Martello


Alan Martello is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League.
Martello was Hawthorn's regular centre half-forward for much of the 1970s and a prodigious kicker of the football, Martello was the youngest man ever to reach 200 games. Martello left Hawthorn in 1980 after a bitter dispute and played in a losing Grand Final for Richmond in 1982.
Following his playing career he had a long broadcasting career with 3AW as a commentator on the station's AFL coverage.

Honours and achievements

Hawthorn3× VFL premiership player: 1971, 1976, 19782× Minor premiership: 1971, 1975
RichmondMinor premiership: 1982
IndividualHawthorn life member