Martin Gotz

Martin Gotz
Personal information
Full name	Martin Gotz
Date of birth	26 February 1883
Original team	Port Melbourne
Height/Weight	179 cm / 75 kg
Position(s)	Rover
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1902, 1905, 1914 1903 1904 1906–11, 1913	Port Melbourne (VFA) Perth (WAFL) East Fremantle (WAFL) Carlton (VFL)	30 12 14 106 (42)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1914 season .
Career highlights
Premiership player: East Fremantle (1904), Carlton (1907, 1908)

Martin Gotz (born 26 February 1883) was an Australian rules footballer in the early 20th century who most notably played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Gotz started his senior career at Port Melbourne in the VFA in 1902 before heading to Western Australia the following year where he had stints at Perth and East Fremantle. He was a half back flanker in East Fremantle's 1904 premiership team. He returned to Port Melbourne in 1905.

A rover, he made his VFL debut for Carlton in 1906 but missed out on the club's inaugural VFL premiership when he was injured in the Semi Final. He did however participate in their 1907 and 1908 premierships, as well as the losing Grand Finals of 1909 and 1910.

In 1912 Gotz sought a clearance to St Kilda and when it was refused he decided to stand out of football for the year. He returned to Carlton in 1913, and then returned to Port Melbourne in 1914, the final year of VFA football before World War I. Gotz did not return to senior football after the war.

Although he didn't kick many goals in his career, he did manage to kick a bag of six against Richmond in 1909.

Altogether, in a career spanning thirteen years, three leagues and four teams, Gotz played 162 senior games and won three premierships.

References

• Martin Gotz's statistics from AFL Tables
• Full Points Footy: Martin Gotz
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

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Name	Gotz, Martin
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Date of birth	26 February 1883
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