Alan Marsham Explained

Alan Marsham
Fullname:Alan Robert Marsham
Birth Date:6 August 1920
Birth Place:Geelong, Victoria
Death Place:Geelong, Victoria
Originalteam:Sea Scouts
Height:185 cm
Weight:83 kg
Statsend:1946
Years1:1939–1940, 1945–1946
Games Goals1:24 (5)

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).[1]

Family

The son of former Geelong footballer Harry "Nipper" Marsham (1890-1932)[2] 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.[3]

Williamstown (VFA)

In 1941 he transferred to the VFA club Williamstown.

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Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.553.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243181488 Death of Former Footballer, The (Malbourne) Herald, (3 December 1932), p.5.
  3. https://issuu.com/geelongcollege/docs/ad_astra_june16_fa/43 Lannan, C., "The Geelong College's League of Footballers: The VFL and AFL", Ad Astra, No.130, (July 2016), pp.42-43.