Background
He is the son of Bryan Martyn who also played for North Melbourne and is a relative of early Carlton champion Paddy O"Brien. Martyn was born with a cleft palate disorder which did not allow him to speak normally or fluently.
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Mick Martyn
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He attended Saint Paul"s College in North Altona.
Career
He is an American Federation of Labor-Congress life member. Martyn was drafted to the Kangaroos under the father-son rule. In 1995 he was awarded the Michael Tuck Medal after the Kangaroos beat the Adelaide Crows in the 1995 Ansett Cup.
In 2002 he gained permission by the American Federation of Labor-Congress to wear his father"s number 30 jumper, as it would be the last match his father ever witnessed before dying a few days later.
In 2000 after Matthew Lloyd kicked his 100th goal for the season in the first week of the finals, a big chested man ran threw him on the way to giving Lloydy a high 5 for kicking his 100th goal, this punctured Mick Martyn"s left lung. Martyn was injured in the 2002 Bali bombings where he received burns to the back of his scalp.
He had been drinking with Jason McCartney at Paddy"s bar at the time of the attack. After exiting the building, he and McCartney left the scene and were admitted to hospital, McCartney suffering more life-threatening injuries.
He played a handful of games to notch up his 300th match against Essendon in round 18 2003 at the MCG where Carlton lost by 34 points.
After the match he was chaired off the ground. However, that turned out to be his last match. He announced his retirement after the serious injury he suffered the next week at training.
He did cause some controversy during the year, commenting on radio that after the "it wasn"t the blue and white in my corner, it was the navy blue".
