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
Hawthorn- 3× VFL premiership player: 1971 [VFL Grand Final|1971], 1976, 1978
- 2× List of VFL/AFL [minor premiers|Minor premiership]: 1971, 1975
Individual
- Hawthorn life member
- '''VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century'''