BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-AUSTRALIAN " JACK MARTIN " IS A BLACK AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALLER WHO PLAYS FOR THE GOLD COAST FOOTBALL CLUB IN THE AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE ( AFL ) : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

                               BLACK                 SOCIAL              HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Jack Martin (born 29 January 1995) is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life

Martin was born in Broome, Western Australia but moved to Geraldton, Western Australia at 12 years of age. He attended Geraldton Senior College during his high school years.

Junior football[

Martin made his senior football debut for the Towns Football Club in the Great Northern Football League at age 15.^[1] He was recruited from Claremont Football Club, who played in the West Australian Football League with the first selection in the 2012 incentive Mini Draft, a special draft of players who were too young to be eligible for selection in the main 2012 AFL Draft. Gold Coast obtained the first selection in the mini draft by trading their first selection, the second overall, to Greater Western Sydney.^[2]

As part of the mini-draft rules, Martin was unable to play for the Gold Coast Suns in the 2013 season, but did play for them in the 2013 NAB Cup preseason competition and then with the reserve team in the North East Australian Football League.

AFL career

Martin is expected to make his AFL debut in Round 1 of the 2014 season.