About Ben Marsden
Lived 1898 – 1971 (aged 72–73). Ben Marsden was an association football player.
Benjamin Marsden (5 May 1898 – 1971) was an English footballer who played as a right-back for Port Vale, Queens Park Rangers, and Reading.
Career Marsden made his first-team debut for Port Vale at right-back in a 1–1 draw with Bury at Gigg Lane in a wartime league match on 7 September 1918. He was released at the end of the 1919–20 season after playing a total of six wartime league games for the club.
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Who was Ben Marsden?
association football player (1898-1971)
When was Ben Marsden born?
Ben Marsden was born on 5 May 1898 in Hanley.
When did Ben Marsden die?
Ben Marsden died in 1971.
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Ben Marsden was an association football player.
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