Denis Marshall (footballer)

Deniston Clive Marshall (born 17 October 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Claremont in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL) and Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from the 1950s to the 1970s.

For the Costa Rican footballer, see Dennis Marshall.

Denis Marshall
Personal information
Full name Deniston Clive Marshall
Date of birth (1940-10-17) 17 October 1940
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1958–1963, 1969–1972 Claremont 175 (89)
1964–1968 Geelong 84 (25)
Total 259 (114)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
Victoria 8 (1)
Western Australia 16 (1)
Coaching career3
Years Club Games (W–L–D)
1969–1971 Claremont 64 (28–35–1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1972.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 1971.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early life and playing career

Born in Fremantle, Western Australia,[1] Marshall was already a star while playing for the Mosman Park Juniors.[2] His grandfather, Gordon Tuxford, had captained South Fremantle in the 1920s.[2] Marshall made his senior debut with Claremont in 1958. He represented his State in that first year. He went on to represent Western Australia 14 times during his career — and represented Victoria a further eight times in interstate matches. Marshall won four best and fairest awards with Claremont and was runner up in the 1962 Sandover Medal award for the fairest and best player in the WANFL.

When recruited to Victorian side Geelong in 1964 he burst on to the League scene as a readymade star. Marshall's stay in Victoria would be brief. He played just 85 games from 1964 to 1968 but won the Cats' best-and-fairest in 1966 and was second in the Brownlow Medal in 1968 before returning to Perth at the age of 27.[3]

He was selected in the All-Australian Team following the 1966 Hobart Carnival.

Post playing career

After retiring, Marshall worked in real estate development.[4]

In 2004 he was inducted into both the WA Football Hall of Fame and the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

In February 2008 it was reported that Marshall's property had been attacked during the night.[4]

References
  1. "West Australian Football Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 11 October 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  2. Head, Ron (24 November 2009). "Denis Marshall: One Of The Best From The West".
  4. "Shots fired at ex-Geelong footballer's home". Geelong Advertiser. 6 February 2008.

Bibliography
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL Player since 1897 (9th ed.). Seaford: Bas Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-12-7.
  • Casey, Kevin (1995). The Tigers' Tale: the origins and history of the Claremont Football Club. Claremont Football Club. ISBN 0 646 26498 2.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.