Paul Martin (Scottish footballer)

Paul Martin (born 8 March 1965) is a Scottish football former player and coach. Martin played for Kilmarnock, Hamilton Academical, Stranraer (on loan), Dumbarton, Albion Rovers and Queen's Park during a 17-year playing career.

Martin was captain of the Dumbarton Second Division title-winning team of 1991–92. After retiring he coached at Queen's Park and had a couple of caretaker stints there as well serving as assistant manager.

Martin then managed Dumbarton, but was sacked after the club were relegated from the Second Division in June 2006.

He was then assistant manager to predecessor John McCormack at Albion Rovers. When McCormack moved to Hamilton Academical to become assistant manager to Billy Reid, Martin was promoted to the position of Albion Rovers manager.

Martin won the manager of the month award for the Third Division for September 2010, and again in April 2011.

Martin resigned as manager of Albion Rovers on 20 May 2012, immediately after defeating Stranraer in the Second Division Play-off final, citing health reasons for his decision.

Paul Martin (baseball)

Paul Charles Martin (March 9, 1932 – October 11, 2011) was an American professional baseball player. Martin was a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), 230 lb (100 kg) right-handed pitcher who appeared in seven Major League games for the 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates. He was born at Brownstown, Pennsylvania.

Martin was a 1950s bonus baby who joined the Pirates' MLB roster immediately after signing his first pro contract in 1955. In his debut, he hurled two scoreless innings in relief against that season's eventual world champions, the Brooklyn Dodgers. In his second appearance, on July 5, he started against the defending world champions, the New York Giants. But Martin walked Alvin Dark, Willie Mays and Dusty Rhodes and hit Don Mueller with a pitch in the first inning, failed to record an out, and was tagged with the loss, his only Major League decision.

Martin sustained a career-ending arm injury that season. After an August 16 outing as a reliever, he never pitched in another professional game.

Paul Martin (Irish journalist)

Paul Martin (born 22 June 1977) was an English editor of an Irish newspaper and is best known for his appearances in Celebrity Come Dine With Me, RTÉ boxing show Lord of the Rings and his own Channel 4 documentary on Westlife.

In 2011, aged 33, he became editor of the Irish Sunday Mirror making him one of the youngest ever editors of a national newspaper in Ireland.

He was voted showbiz journalist of the year on three occasions and is not widely regarded as the most successful and high profile journalist in Ireland of his era.

He recently hit the headlines following a sell-off of three major business partnerships which netted him £350,000.

He is now a high profile writer for the Daily Star Sunday, Grazia, Reveal and, The Sun and Heat.

He is currently a writer for Grazia, Heat, Daily Star Sunday and Reveal.

Martin has also represented major brands such as EasyJet, Apple and NIE as a high profile media advisor.

Legal battle with Andrea Corr

In March 2012 Martin won a €70,000 payout from the Irish Times after he accused Andrea Corr of libelling him in a front page interview with the paper where she launched a venomous attack of him. The Times settled at court and printed a full apology to Martin.

Paul Martin (amputee athlete)

Paul Martin (born June 21, 1967) is an American amputee athlete, Paralympian, speaker, and author. Paul is considered one of the foremost amputee triathletes in history and holds or has held several records in various events.

Biography

Paul Martin's left leg was amputated in 1992, when he was twenty-five years old, following a car accident. He began serious sports training almost immediately afterwards, and ran his first sprint-distance triathlon (.45 mile swim, 12.4 mile bike, 3.1 mile run) in 1995. He soon turned to the far more grueling Olympic-distance (0.93 mile swim, 24.8 mile bike, 6.2 mile run) and eventually, the Ironman-distance triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26 mile run).

In 1997, Paul was named the USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance National Champion for the first time; he has since won it five more times (1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007). He also won the silver medal in the lower extremity athlete division at the International Triathlon Union World Championships. For his accomplishments, Paul was named the US Olympic Committee's Disabled Athlete of the Year.

Paul Martin (ice hockey)

Paul Joseph Martin (born March 5, 1981) is an American professional ice hockey Defenceman currently playing for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the second round, 62nd overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, playing six seasons for the organization before joining the Penguins in 2010.

Playing career

High school/collegiate

Martin played high school hockey at Elk River High School and was the Mr. Hockey award winner. In 2000, he was drafted in the second round, 62nd overall, by the New Jersey Devils. He has sound offensive instincts and a projectable frame. He was part of a successful program at the University of Minnesota in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). He helped his school win the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Division I National Championships.

Professional

Martin joined the Devils for the 2003–04 season, playing 70 games in his first full season, putting up 24 points. The next season, Martin played for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in Switzerland due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout. He returned the next season, this time appearing in 80 games while increasing his point production to 37.

Paul Martin (rugby league)

Paul Martin (born (1967-06-14) 14 June 1967) was a wing with the Canberra Raiders.

Playing career

While attending Stirling College ACT, Martin played for the Australian scholboys rugby league team in 1984 and 1985.

In the 1989 NSWRL season's grand final Martin played for the Canberra Raiders from the interchange bench in the win against the Balmain Tigers. In the post season he travelled with the Raiders to England for the 1989 World Club Challenge which was lost to Widnes.

Martin started on the wing for the Raiders grand finals matches against the Penrith Panthers in 1990 and 1991. Martin was the top tryscorer for the Raiders in 1991 with 14.

He played out his career with the Gold Coast Seagulls.

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