Martin Knight (8 May 1955 — 25 February 1984) was an Australian rugby union international.
| Date of birth | 8 May 1955 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 25 February 1984 (aged 28) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Born in Cheshire, England, but raised in Sydney, Knight was an inside centre, strong in both attack and defence. He came through the juniors at Parramatta and was a member of the club's 1977 first-grade premiership team, scoring a try in the grand final success over Randwick.[1] His three Wallabies caps all came in 1978, two Tests against Wales at home and then a Bledisloe Cup match in Wellington. He never received state representative honours.[2]
Knight was diagnosed with leukaemia in 1979 and died of the illness five years later at Westmead Hospital, aged 28.[3]
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- ^ "Putting that smile to the test". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 June 1978.
- ^ "Martin Knight". classicwallabies.com.au.
- ^ "Former Test centre dies". The Canberra Times. 27 February 1984. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.