title: Martin Raftery
text: # Martin Raftery
  
  Martin Raftery is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s. His preferred position was five-eighth.
  
  ## Medical career
  
  Raftery was one of the inaugural Fellows of the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians. He has worked as team doctor for St. George Illawarra and Australian Wallabies. He is currently Chief Medical Officer for World Rugby.
  
  