Frank Marsh (footballer)

Frank Marsh
Personal information
Full name	Frank Kitchener Marsh
Date of birth	7 June 1916
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Date of death	1978 (aged 61–62)
Position(s)	Half-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Stafford Rangers
1937–1938	Crewe Alexandra
1938–1939	Bolton Wanderers
1939–1949	Chester
1949–1951	Macclesfield Town
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Kitchener Marsh (7 June 1916 – 1978) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Stafford Rangers, Crewe Alexandra, Bolton Wanderers, Chester, and Macclesfield Town.

Career

Marsh played for Stafford Rangers, Crewe Alexandra, Bolton Wanderers and Chester, also guesting for Lincoln City, Grimsby Town, Rochdale and Port Vale during the war.^[1] After the war he made 69 Third Division North appearances for Frank Brown's Chester between in the 1946–47 and 1947–48 seasons, before leaving Sealand Road and moving on to Cheshire County League side Macclesfield Town in January 1949.^[2] At Macclesfield he replaced James Quinn at right-half.^[2] He moved to centre-half towards the end of the 1949–50 season and only missed one match, scoring 10 goals. He was captain during the 1950–51 season.^[2]

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	1937–38	Third Division North	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bolton Wanderers	1938–39	First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Chester	1945–46		0	0	2	0	2	0
	1946–47	Third Division North	38	0	3	0	41	0
	1947–48	Third Division North	31	2	0	0	31	2
	Total		69	2	5	0	74	2

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 184. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Profile". silkmenarchives.org.uk/. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ Frank Marsh at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)