Billy Marsden

Billy Marsden

Personal information
Full name	William Marsden
Date of birth	(1901-11-10)10 November 1901
Place of birth	Silksworth, England
Date of death	1983 (aged 81–82)
Height
Position(s)	Left half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1924–1930	Sheffield Wednesday	205	(9)
International career
1929–1930	England	3	(0)
Managerial career
1932−1936	HBS
1936−1938	Be Quick 1887
1938−1939	Hermes-DVS
1939−1940	HBS
1944−1946	Doncaster Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Born in Silksworth, Marsden played professionally for Sheffield Wednesday, and earned three caps for England between 1929 and 1930.

Before World War Two, he was a coach in the Netherlands. He coached HBS, Be Quick 1887 and Hermes-DVS.

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.

He later became a publican in Sheffield, including at The Robin Hood Inn, The White Lion and the Crosspool Tavern. He died in 1983.

External links

• The Wednesday Archives − Billy Marsden