Career
He was a goalkeeper.
He started his career at junior side Dalry Thistle and joined Hamilton Academical in 1957 but after a few months he moved back to Dalry. A year later he joined Rangers, but Martin became the understudy to Billy Ritchie at Ibrox. He managed to make seventy-five league appearances for the club, 110 in total, and was part of the 1965-1966 Scottish Cup winning side.
Martin left Rangers to join East Fife in 1970 but only made two league appearances before leaving to join Queen of the South a few months later.
In Dumfries he made four league appearances and then re-joined Hamilton for the rest of the 1970-1971 season. Upon retirement, Martin took over the family business - his father owned a hotel in Prestwick.
Martin died on 10 October 2013 at his home in Prestwick, Ayrshire after a short battle with lung cancer.
