Martin "Marty" Christensen (born 10 September 1965) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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 and North Melbourne

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 in the Victorian/Australian Football League

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 (VFL/AFL).

Christensen was a semi regular fixture in the Geelong team from 1985 to 1988 as a wingman and defender. Recruited from Lara, he missed just three games in 1986 and averaged 17.13 disposals in 1987. He didn't play a senior game in 1989 and over the following two seasons could only manage nine appearances, the last of which was a preliminary final loss to the West Coast Eagles

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.

He moved to North Melbourne in 1992 but was delisted at the end of the season after getting injured. The club, however, picked up Christensen again, late in the draft

1992 AFL Draft

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, with the 123rd selection. Despite this he never played another game of AFL and finished the 1993 season with Lara.

Christensen played some good football in the Northern Territory Football League

Northern Territory Football League

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 at St Marys

St Marys Football Club

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 and was a member of their 1993–94 and 1994–95 premiership teams. Playing as a centreman, he tied for the Nichols Medal in 1995–96.

His brother Damien briefly played for Geelong and a nephew Allen

Allen Christensen (footballer)

Allen Christensen is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . Christensen is the nephew of former Geelong players Marty and Damien Christensen.-AFL career:...

is currently listed by Geelong.