George Marsden

George Herbert Marsden (16 October 1880 – 7 July 1948) was an English dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1890s and 1900s. He played representative rugby union (RU) for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Morley R.F.C., as a fly-half,

Playing career Rugby union Marsden won caps for England (RU) while at Morley R.F.C. in the 1900 Home Nations Championship against Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.

Marsden won 11 caps for Yorkshire (RU) while at Morley R.F.C. up to and including 1900

Rugby League Club career Marsden played and was captain in Bradford FC's 5–0 victory over Salford in the Championship tiebreaker during the 1903–04 season at Thrum Hall, Hanson Lane, Halifax on Thursday 28 April 1904, in front of a crowd of 12,000.

Marsden played and was captain in Bradford's 5–0 victory over Salford in the 1906 Challenge Cup Final during the 1905–06 season at Headingley, Leeds, on Saturday 28 April 1906, in front of a crowd of 15,834.

Marsden spent three years out the game for "business reasons", but returned to play for Bradford Northern in 1910, acting as club captain.

Representative honours Marsden won cap(s) for Yorkshire (RL) while at Bradford between 1900 and 1906.

He won a cap for England (RL) while at Bradford F.C. in 1905 against Other Nationalities.

Rugby union administration Despite his previous involvement in rugby league, and the animosity between rugby union and rugby league, George Marsden was one of the founding members of the rugby union club Fylde Rugby Club in 1919.