Alan Marsham

Alan Marsham
Alan Marsham
Personal information
Full name	Alan Robert Marsham
Born	6 August 1920; Geelong, Victoria
Died	7 April 1990 (aged 69); Geelong, Victoria
Original team	Sea Scouts
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1939–1940, 1945–1946	Geelong
	1 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).^[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.

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.

[1] Holmesby & Main (2014), p.553.

[2] Death of Former Footballer, The (Malbourne) Herald, (3 December 1932), p.5.

[3] Lannan, C., "The Geelong College's League of Footballers: The VFL and AFL", Ad Astra, No.130, (July 2016), pp.42-43.

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