Personal information
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Full name | George Herbert Marsden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 16 October 1880 Morley, England |
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Died | 7 July 1948 Lytham St Annes, England |
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Playing information
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Rugby union
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Position | Fly-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby league
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Position | Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Herbert Marsden (born 16 October 1880 — 7 July 1948 (aged 67)) born in Morley, was an English dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1890s, and 1900s, playing representative rugby union (RU) for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Morley R.F.C., as a Fly-half, i.e. number 10, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Bradford F.C. (now Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C.), as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6, he died in Lytham St Annes.
George Marsden won caps for England (RU) while at Morley R.F.C. in the 1900 Home Nations Championship against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland, and won a cap for England (RL) while at Bradford in 1905 against Other Nationalities.
George Marsden won 11-caps for Yorkshire (RU) while at Morley R.F.C. up to and including 1900, and won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Bradford between 1900 and 1906.