17 Facts About Will Martyn

William Martyn was born on 29 March 2001 and is a professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Will Martyn was a stand out player from an early age, joining the under 13 division of the Brisbane Lions Academy in 2014.

Will Martyn represented the Brisbane North region at State Academy Championships over coming years, including in 2015.

In 2016, Will Martyn represented Queensland at the Under 15 National Championships and was named best on ground in a premiership winning division 1 final with the Aspley Under 15 side that same year.

In 2018, Will Martyn represented Queensland at the Under 17 National Championships, where he was regularly the side's leading ball-winner and named in his team's best players on two occasions.

Will Martyn was one of three Queenslanders rewarded with All-Star selection at the end of that series, playing in an All-Star match at the MCG prior to that season's AFL Grand Final.

Will Martyn was one of 150 elite junior talents selected to participate in the AFL Academy in 2019, before captaining the Lions Academy side in the 2019 NAB League Boys season, averaging 29 disposals and four clearances a game across five matches and ultimately winning the side's MVP award.

Impressive performances saw Will Martyn recalled to the Lions, where he made a second NEAFL club debut that year alongside non-selected AFL players in the Brisbane Lions' reserves side.

Will Martyn remained with the side into its finals series and became a NEAFL premiership player in the club's grand final win over Southport.

Will Martyn was invited to participate in the 2019 AFL draft combine, where he recorded the ninth best two kilometre time trial time.

Will Martyn was drafted by Richmond with the club's third pick and the 44th selection overall in the 2019 AFL national draft.

In round 14, Will Martyn was named a non-playing emergency at AFL level but ultimately spent the remainer of the season playing at reserves level.

Will Martyn went without making an AFL debut that year, in what was a premiership-winning season for the club.

Will Martyn began 2021 in the frame for an early season debut, featuring in the club's first choice AFL lineup during an unofficial practice match against Melbourne in February and on limited minutes in the club's sole official pre-season series match against Collingwood in March.

Will Martyn was unable to secure a debut in round 1, instead being named as a non-playing emergency for the season opener while continuing to play pre-season matches with the club's reserves side in the VFL.

Will Martyn polled 28 votes to beat Lachlan Street, Derek Eggmolesse-Smith, Callum Coleman-Jones and Samson Ryan.

Martyn's paternal grandfather, William Ross Martyn played national level basketball with New Zealand in 1958.