| 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 internationalfootballer, who played as aleft half, and later managedDoncaster Rovers.
Marsen was born inSilksworth, the fourth of five children.[1] His father was a coal mine hewer.[1]
He was married with one daughter.[1]
Marsden began his career withSilksworth Colliery andRyhope.[1][2] He signed forSunderland in October 1920,[1] and scored 2 goals in 3 games for them.[3] He moved toSheffield 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 forEngland between 1929 and 1930.[5]
Before World War Two, he was a coach in the Netherlands.[6] In December 1931 he became manager ofHBS,[1][7] leaving in July 1934.[1] He then was a trainer atGateshead, 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 toBe Quick 1887 by March 1935.[1][8] He also managedHermes-DVS.[1][9]
He was appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in August 1944 for theWartime League, and was replaced byJackie Bestall in March 1946 as Rovers prepared for the resumption the post warFootball League inDivision 3 North.[10]
He was manager ofWorksop Town for a season from May 1953.[1]
He later became a publican in Sheffield, including at The Robin Hood Inn, The White Lion and the Crosspool Tavern.[1] He died inSheffield on 19 September 1983, aged 81.[1]
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