Richmond Tigers superstar Dustin Martin is covered head-to-toe in tattoos.
But on Friday morning his grandmother Lois Knight followed in Martin’s footsteps by getting her first ink in honour of his stellar season with the Richmond Tigers.
With help from Martin’s former Richmond teammate Jake King, who owns a tattoo parlour, the 70-year-old got a yellow number four (Martin’s jumper number) tattooed on her upper back with the phrases ‘Premiers 2017’, ‘Brownlow’ and ‘Norm Smith’ written in black inside.
But now his grandmother Lois Knight (pictured right) has decided to join in the family tradition and get one in honour of her grandson (left)
The 70-year-old got a yellow number four (Martin’s jumper number) tattooed on her upper back with the phrases ‘Premiers 2017’, ‘Brownlow’ and ‘Norm Smith’ written in black inside (pictured)
‘Nanna Dusty’, as she is known to Martin’s teammates, opened up about her desire to get a tattoo earlier this month.
‘Well actually I said if Richmond ever win a premiership, I’ll get a tattoo. So that’ll be my first one at 70,’ she told KIIS 101.1’s Matt and Meshel at the time.
Martin starred in Richmond’s historic AFL Grand Final win, earning himself the Norm Smith Medal for best player on the ground as the Tigers defeated the Adelaide Crows 108-60.
The admission came just days after Martin’s club the Richmond Tigers defeated the Adelaide Crows by 108 points to 60 on Saturday (pictured)
Ms Knight said at the time she had not decided whether her tattoo ink will be of a tiger or her grandson’s face, or where it will be placed on her body.
But she knows for certain it won’t be on her behind – which is where at least one Tigers fan, Perth tradie Ryan Wilhelm, now bears a permanent reminder of Martin on his right bottom cheek.
The 27-year-old lost a bet made after having ‘six to ten beers’ and was forced to get a 10cm copy of Martin’s face on his body.
The 27-year-old lost a bet made after having ‘six to ten beers’ and was forced to get a 10cm copy of Martin’s face on his body (pictured)
Ms Knight admitted she was dismayed that punters were marking themselves with pictures of her AFL-playing family member.
Ms Knight’s grandson is the first ever player to win both the Brownlow Medal – the AFL’s award for the best player of the season – and the Norm Smith in the same season, producing what AFL great Leigh Matthews declared as the greatest single season by a player he had ever seen.
Ms Knight said she is very interested in making mock-ups of Martin’s medals, seeing as his mother will be holding onto the real ones for the time being.
Ms Knight’s grandson is the first ever player to win both the Brownlow and the Norm Smith in the same season, producing what AFL great Leigh Matthews declared as the greatest single year by a player he had ever seen (pictured)
The 70-year-old, who admitted she ‘is so proud of him’ during the on-air interview, realised Martin had a special football talent at the age of five (pictured with his teammates)
The 70-year-old, who said she ‘is so proud of him’ during the on-air interview, realised Martin had a special football talent at the age of five.
‘He always had a football in his hand and would always be out in their paddock (at Yapeen, 11km out of Castlemaine), which had a set of goalposts, kicking the footy,’ she previously told the Bendigo Advertiser.
‘He was always out there practicing kicking goals. He’d go to school then come home and wouldn’t even go inside, he’d drop his bag and be straight off kicking the football.