Australian rules footballer
| Alan Marsham | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alan Robert Marsham | ||
| Date of birth | (1920-08-06)6 August 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 7 April 1990(1990-04-07) (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Geelong, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Sea Scouts | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1939–1940, 1945–1946 | Geelong | 24 (5) | |
| Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alan Robert Marsham (6 August 1920 – 7 April 1990) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of former Geelong footballer Harry "Nipper" Marsham (1890-1932) and Olive Gertrude Elizabeth Marsham, nee McQueen (1893–1950), Alan Robert Marsham was born in Geelong on 6 August 1920.
Alan Marsham married Marie Elaine Dawson in 1943.
Education
He attended Geelong College.
Williamstown (VFA)
In 1941 he transferred to the VFA club Williamstown.
Notes
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.553.
- Death of Former Footballer, The (Malbourne) Herald, (3 December 1932), p.5.
- Lannan, C., "The Geelong College's League of Footballers: The VFL and AFL", Ad Astra, No.130, (July 2016), pp.42-43.
References
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
- Alan Marsham's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Alan Marsham at AustralianFootball.com
- The VFA Project: Alan Marsham.
- Boyles Football Photos: Alan Marsham.