Bill Marchbank

Bill Marchbank
Personal information
Full name William Marchbank
Date of birth (1887-08-23)23 August 1887
Place of birth Yarragon, Victoria
Date of death 19 July 1941(1941-07-19) (aged 53)
Place of death South Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Gaffney's Creek
Height / weight 178 cm / 87 kg
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908
1910–12
Total		 Carlton
Fitzroy		 03 (2)
22 (0)
25 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1912.

William "Bill" Marchbank (23 August 1887 – 19 July 1941)[1] was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

The third child of James William Marchbank and Janet Scott, Bill Marchbank was a burly player who made three appearances for Carlton in 1908. After a year with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), he joined Fitzroy where he played for three seasons. In 1915, Marchbank transferred to Hawthorn[3] in the VFA along with his half-brother Jim but made only one appearance[4] before enlisting to serve in World War I.[5]

He married Emma Theresa McMaster in 1919 and served as a policeman for thirty years in various country and metropolitan locations until his death in 1941.

References

  1. ↑ "PERSONAL.". Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 519. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL.". The Age. Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 6 May 1915. p. 15.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Harry & Michael. One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club. p. 379. ISBN 978-1-921332-83-8.
  5. ↑ "William Marchbank – Discovering Anzacs". National Archives of Australia. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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