Billy Marsden
Personal information
Full name William Marsden[1]
Date of birth (1901-11-10)10 November 1901
Place of birth Silksworth, England
Date of death 19 September 1983(1983-09-19) (aged 81)
Place of death Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Silksworth Colliery
Ryhope
1920–1924 Sunderland 3 (2)
1924–1930 Sheffield Wednesday 205 (9)
Total 208 (11)
International career
1929–1930 England 3 (0)
Managerial career
1931−1934 HBS
1935 HBS
1935−1938 Be Quick 1887
1938−1939 Hermes-DVS
1939−1940 HBS
1944−1946 Doncaster Rovers
1953–1954 Worksop Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Marsden (10 November 1901 – 19 September 1983) was an English international footballer, who played as a left half, and later managed Doncaster Rovers.

Early and personal life

Marsen was born in Silksworth, the fourth of five children.[1] His father was a coal mine hewer.[1]

He was married with one daughter.[1]

Playing career

Marsden began his career with Silksworth Colliery and Ryhope.[1][2] He signed for Sunderland in October 1920,[1] and scored 2 goals in 3 games for them.[3] He moved to Sheffield Wednesday in May 1924,[1] scoring 9 goals in 205 league games for them,[4] before retiring in May 1930 after receiving a spinal injury whilst playing for England.[1] He played for Sheffield Wednesday's reserves at the start of the 1930–31 season, but was injured again and was left unconscious.[1]

He earned three caps for England between 1929 and 1930.[5]

Coaching career

Before World War Two, he was a coach in the Netherlands.[6] In December 1931 he became manager of HBS,[1][7] leaving in July 1934.[1] He then was a trainer at Gateshead, but left the club in December of that year after not being made manager as he had been promised.[1] He then returned to HBC, moving on to Be Quick 1887 by March 1935.[1][8] He also managed Hermes-DVS.[1][9]

He was appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in August 1944 for the Wartime League, and was replaced by Jackie Bestall in March 1946 as Rovers prepared for the resumption the post war Football League in Division 3 North.[10]

He was manager of Worksop Town for a season from May 1953.[1]

Later life and death

He later became a publican in Sheffield, including at The Robin Hood Inn, The White Lion and the Crosspool Tavern.[1] He died in Sheffield on 19 September 1983, aged 81.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "England Players - Billy Marsden". www.englandfootballonline.com.
  2. ^ Billy Marsden at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Profile". Sheffield Wednesday Archive.
  5. ^ "Billy Marsden". Englandstats.com. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ Steve Hutton, Graham Curry and Peter Goodman (2007). Sheffield Football Club - Celebrating 150 Years of History of the Worlds Oldest Football Club. At Heart Ltd. p. 73. ISBN 978-1845471743.
  7. ^ "Bill Marsden weer naar H.B.S. terug". www.kranten.kb.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Marsden naar be quick". www.delpher.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Billy Marsden naar Hermes- D.V.S." www.delpher.nl. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Bill Marsden". League Managers Association. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.


Categories