{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Joe Paton | image = | fullname = John Martin Paton | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|09|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Williamstown, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1952|08|21|1878|09|05|df=y}} | death_place = Williamstown, Victoria | originalteam = Albion United | height = | weight = | position = Follower | statsend = 1898 | years1 = 1896 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} (VFA) | games_goals1 = 17 (3)<ref>Pennings (2016), p.521.</ref> | years2 = 1897 | club2 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals2 = {{0}}5 (0) | years3 = 1898 | club3 = North Melbourne (VFA) | games_goals3 = 10 (5) | careerhighlights = }}
'''John Martin "Joe" Paton''' (5 September 1878 – 21 August 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Main (2009), p.651.</ref>
==Family== The son of Robert Paton (1849-1926),<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155785125 Deaths: Paton, ''The Age'', (Thursday, 25 March 1926), p.1.]</ref> and Mary Ann Paton (1851-1888), née Martin,<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68568030 Married: Paton—Martin, ''The Williamstown Chronicle'', (Saturday, 22 April June 1871), p.4.]</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article68599907 Deaths: Paton, ''The Williamstown Chronicle'', (Saturday, 30 June 1888), p.2.]</ref> John Martin Paton was born at Williamstown, Victoria on 5 September 1878.
==Death== He died at Williamstown, Victoria on 21 August 1952.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23189281 Deaths: Paton, ''The Argus'', (Friday, 22 August 1952), p.13.]</ref>
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==References== * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria}} * {{cite book |title=Origins of Australian Football Volume 4: Tough Times |last=Pennings|first=Mark|year=2016 |edition=1st |isbn=978-0-646936-04-8 |publisher=Grumpy Monks Publishing |location=Victoria, Australia}}
== External links == * {{AFL Tables|ref=J/Joe_Paton.html}} * {{AustralianFootball|ref=Joe%2BPaton/860}} * [http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Paton,_Joe.php Joe Paton's playing statistics] from The VFA Project * [http://www.blueseum.org/John+%22Joe%22+Paton Joe Paton's profile] at Blueseum
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