James Marshall (footballer, born 1908) explained

Jimmy Marshall
Fullname:James Marshall
Birth Date:1908 1, df=y
Birth Place:Avonbridge, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Height:5 ft 9 in[1]
Position:Inside forward
Clubs1:Shettleston
Years2:1925–1934
Years3:1934–1935
Years4:1935–1937
Clubs4:West Ham United
Caps2:200
Caps3:4
Caps4:59
Goals2:111
Goals3:0
Goals4:14
Totalcaps:263
Totalgoals:125
Nationalyears1:1932–1934
Nationalteam1:Scotland
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1932
Nationalteam2:Scottish League XI[2]
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0

James Marshall (3 January 1908 – 27 December 1977) was a Scottish footballer who played for Rangers, Arsenal, and the Scotland national side. He played as an inside forward.

Career

Club

Marshall was born in Avonbridge, Stirlingshire and joined Rangers from Shettleston in 1925. During his nine-year spell at Ibrox, he amassed five League championships and three Scottish Cups. In total, he scored 137 goals in 243 appearances for Rangers in all competitions.[3] [4] [5]

Marshall was a qualified doctor, gaining his medical degree in October 1933, and it was a medical appointment in London that caused him to leave Rangers and join Arsenal in July 1934. Marshall made his debut for the club on 17 September 1934 against Blackburn Rovers in a 2–0 defeat. He also scored in Arsenal's 4–0 defeat of Manchester City in that season's Charity Shield, but with Alex James, Ray Bowden and Bobby Davidson keeping him out of the side, he only made four league appearances for Arsenal.

He left Arsenal in March 1935, to move to West Ham United for £5,000. Marshall spent two seasons there, where he scored 13 goals in 59 appearances. He eventually retired at the early age of 29. Marshall continued to practice medicine in London within the Bermondsey area. He died in 1977 at the age of sixty-nine.[6]

International

Marshall won three Scotland caps, all of them against England between 1932 and 1934, and all while playing for Rangers.

Honours

Rangers

1926–27, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1933–34

1929–30,[7] 1931–32, 1933–34

Arsenal

1934

References

Sources

Notes and References

  1. News: West Ham. 'We can't go on being pipped' . Sunday Dispatch Football Guide . London . 23 August 1936 . vi . Newspapers.com.
  2. http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/jamesmarshall.html (SFL player) James Marshall
  3. http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1664 (Rangers player) Marshall, James
  4. Web site: Dr. Marshall. Arsenal.com.
  5. Web site: West Ham United Dr James Marshall. Spartacus Educational.
  6. Web site: 1936/37. WHUFC.com.
  7. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O_49AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3094%2C2730488 The Cup Final | Rangers Win Replay at Hampden