Eddie Marsh (footballer)

Wilson Edmund Marsh (14 December 1927 – 18 April 2010) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League.

Eddie Marsh
Personal information
Full name Wilson Edmund Marsh
Date of birth (1927-12-14)14 December 1927
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Date of death 18 April 2010(2010-04-18) (aged 82)
Place of death Cheshire, England
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1950 Erith & Belvedere ? (?)
1950–1957 Charlton Athletic 26 (0)
1957–1959 Luton Town 2 (0)
1959–1962 Torquay United 61 (0)
1962–1963 Bideford ? (?)
Total 89 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Marsh was born in Scotland, however he grew up in South London. He signed for Charlton Athletic from Erith & Belvedere in 1950 as a back-up for the Addicks first choice goalkeeper at the time Sam Bartram. He found first team opportunities limited at The Valley and moved on to Luton Town in 1956, and later on to Torquay United in 1959. In the 1959–60 season he was part of Torquay's first ever promotion squad making 20 appearances under Eric Webber, as United were promoted to the Third Division. Over the next three seasons he competed with Mervyn Gill for the number one spot at Plainmoor, making 64 league and cup appearances. After a short spell at Bideford he retired from the game to become a representative for a paint company.[1]

References
  1. "Former keeper Eddie Marsh dies age 82". This is South Devon. 15 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
  • Eddie Marsh at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database


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