Martin Dunne (April 1886 – 1955)[1] was an English footballer who played one season as a forward in the Southern League for Southampton.
Dunne was born in Padiham, near Burnley and after playing for Oswaldtwistle Rovers and Accrington Stanley in the Lancashire Combination,[2] he moved to the south coast in May 1910 to join Southern League Southampton.
[3] He was "exceptionally quick off the mark"[2] and a superb sprinter, who was able to use his speed "with admirable effect".
[2] By the end of the 1910–11 season he had scored nine league goals, making him joint top-scorer with Harry Brown,[3] although his final tally could have been significantly higher had a foot injury not hampered his form towards the end of the season.
[2] In the summer of 1911, he returned to his native Lancashire to join his Southampton teammate, John Johnston at Stalybridge Celtic.