George Clarence "Clare" Martin - Born February 25, 1922 in Waterloo, Ontario – Died September 23, 1980 in Hamilton, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey defenceman and coach.

- Ontario Hockey Association Junior B Champion 1940 with Waterloo Siskins.

Calder Cup finalist 1949 with Hershey Bears.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1950 with Detroit Red Wings
- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1950, 1951 with Detroit Red Wings.

- Allan Cup Champion 1953, 1955 with Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen
- J. Ross Robertson Cup Senior Champion 1953, 1955 with Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen.

Martin jumped straight from the Junior A Guelph Biltmores to the NHL with the Boston Bruins, making his NHL debut on February 8, 1942 vs Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden in a 3-0 Bruins win. He played 13 games in 1941-42, picking up 1 assist. Martin also played 5 NHL playoff games with 0 points.

After that season he enlisted in the Canadian military for World War II. He made it back to the NHL with the Bruins for 6 games in 1947, scoring his 1st NHL goal vs Emile Francis of Chicago Black Hawks at 6:35 of 2nd period on March 12, 1947 at Chicago Stadium in a 8-3 Bruins win.

Although Martin spent the majority of the '46-47 season with the Bruins' AHL farm team the Hershey Bears, Martin was back with Boston for the full season in 1947-48. But again, he was sent to Hershey where he played the full 1948-49 season with the Bears.

Martin was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in the summer of 1949 along with Pete Babando, Lloyd Durham and Jimmy Peters for Pete Horeck and Bill Quackenbush. He helped the Red Wings win the 1950 Stanley Cup championship, playing in 10 of 14 playoff contests.

Martin was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks with George Gee, Jimmy McFadden, Max McNab, Jimmy Peters, and Herb Raglan in August 1951. Martin played only 31 games for the Black Hawks before he was traded to the New York Rangers at Christmas 1951. He played only 14 games for the Rangers, and finished the 1951-52 season with the Cincinnati Mohawks of the AHL.

Martin played in 237 regular season NHL games, scoring 12 goals (3 GWG), 28 assists with 78 penalty minutes and 27 NHL playoff games, scoring 2 assists with 6 penalty minutes.

Martin then became captain of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen senior Hockey team in 1952, winning the Allan Cup as Canada's amateur champions in 1953 and 1955.

With the win in 1955 the Dutchmen represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Italy. However Martin was not eligible to play because of his background as a professional.

Clare Martin was also the coach (player/coach) of Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in the 1954-55 season, and retired after the season.