Gordon Marshall (footballer born 1939)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 July 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Farnham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Balgreen Rovers | |||
| Dalkeith Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956–1963 | Heart of Midlothian | 193 | (0) |
| 1963–1968 | Newcastle United | 177 | (0) |
| 1968–1969 | Nottingham Forest | 7 | (0) |
| 1969–1971 | Hibernian | 47 | (0) |
| 1971–1972 | Celtic | 0 | (0) |
| 1972 | Aberdeen | 7 | (0) |
| 1972–1978 | Arbroath | 142 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| England U23 | 3 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gordon Marshall (born 2 July 1939 in Farnham, Surrey) is a former Anglo-Scottish professional football goalkeeper who played in the top flights of both Scotland and England in a 22-year senior career.
Marshall began his career with Heart of Midlothian, making his debut aged only 17 in 1956. Within a season he had replaced Wilson Brown as Hearts regular custodian and was to play a significant part in one of the most successful eras in the Maroons' history, collecting 5 major medals in his 7 years at Tynecastle. He missed only 3 matches in Hearts' 1957–58 League-winning campaign and only 1 match during the 1959–60 season, when they won a League and League Cup Double. However, in 1963 Newcastle United bid £18,000 for his services and, with future Scotland international Jim Cruickshank in reserve, Hearts decided to sell.
The Magpies, one of the leading sides in England in the early 1950s, were by this stage floundering in the Second Division. Marshall soon became the first-choice goalkeeper as manager Joe Harvey successfully rebuilt the side, culminating in promotion as champions in 1964–65. After several seasons of consolidation in the top flight, Newcastle sold Marshall to Nottingham Forest for £17,500 in 1968. His time in the East Midlands was brief though, and after only 7 appearances he was allowed to leave at the end of the 1968–69 season.
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