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.

References

• Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.

External links

• • • The VFA Project: Alan Marsham.
• Boyles Football Photos: Alan Marsham.

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.