| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Marshall | ||
| Place of birth | Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1918–1919 | St. Mirren | ||
| 1919–1923 | Middlesbrough | 116 | (0) |
| 1923–1924 | Llanelli | ||
| 1924–1925 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 35 | (1) |
| 1925–1927 | Newark Skeeters | 68 | (6) |
| 1927–1928 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 33 | (2) |
| 1928–1930 | Bethlehem Steel | ||
| 1928 | → Philadelphia Centennials (loan) | ||
| National team | |||
| 1919 | → Scotland (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
| 1921–1924 | Scotland | 7 | (0) |
| 1926 | United States | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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John “Jack or Jock” Marshall was a soccer player, who represented both Scotland and the United States. His professional career took him to several clubs in Scotland, England, Wales and the United States. He earned seven caps with Scotland and one with the U.S. national team.
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Sources disagree on the year Marshall was born. According to his Bethlehem Steel bio, he was born in 1902, but the Scottish FA states he was born in the late 1890s. Regardless, Marshall began his professional career with Scottish club St. Mirren at a relatively young age. In November 1919, St. Mirren transferred Marshall to English club Middlesbrough for ₤2,000. In August 1923, Marshall signed with Welsh club Llanelli. He spent only a single season with Llanelli before moving to the United States to play for the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League (ASL). While Marshall began the 1925-1926 season with Brooklyn, he moved to the Newark Skeeters after only two games. In 1927, he again began the season with Skeeters, before returning to the Wanderers after only four games. He then moved to Bethlehem Steel in August 1928.[1] Bethlehem then loaned him out to the Philadelphia Centennials for a few games, but he was back in Bethlehem in December.[2] He remained with Bethlehem until the team folded in 1930.[3]
He is also reputed to have spent time with Greenock Morton.[4]
Between 1919 and 1924, Marshall earned seven caps with Scotland. His first cap came in a 2-1 victory over Wales on February 12, 1921. His seventh, and last, cap came almost exactly three years later in a 2-0 loss to Wales on February 16, 1924. He was captain for two matches, on April 9, 1921 and February 4, 1922.
After he moved to the United States he was capped once on November 6, 1926 with the United States[5] In that game, a 6-1 victory over Canada, Marshall scored a goal.[6]