Allan Martin (26 February 1872 – 12 May 1906) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Leith Athletic, Celtic and Hibernian.
[4] Raised in Glasgow and trained as an iron works furnace tender (a trade he was reluctant to curtail as his reputation as a footballer increased),[1] Martin began his career as a half back with Northern F.C.
[10] In summer 1895 he moved to Celtic due to being offered higher wages;[11] in his single season with the Bhoys, he scored 21 goals in 22 matches[12] – 18 in 17 in the League, finishing national top goalscorer – as Celtic won Division One, the Glasgow Cup[13] and the Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup;[14] he played but did not score in the 11–0 league win over Dundee which remains the club's record margin of victory.
[citation needed] Martin then returned to Hibernian, but was less prolific in his second spell with 19 goals in 45 League and Scottish Cup appearances between August 1896 and December 1898.
[16] There is little recorded evidence of his career after leaving Hibs at the approximate age of 27, when in theory he would have been in his athletic prime but perhaps less so with the demands of his labour-intensive job and possible deteriorating health.