Harrison Marsh

Harrison Marsh
Marsh playing for the Sydney Swans reserves in August 2016
Personal information
Full name	Harrison Marsh
Date of birth	(1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 23)
Original team(s)	East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft	No. 44, 2012 national draft
Debut	Round 10, 2016, Sydney vs. North Melbourne, at SCG
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Sydney
Number	31
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2013–	Sydney	10 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 3, 2017.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Harrison Marsh (born 13 January 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their second selection and forty-forth overall in the 2012 national draft. He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season without playing an AFL match, he was however, re-drafted by Sydney as a rookie with the thirty-second pick in the 2016 rookie draft. He made his debut in the twenty-six point win against North Melbourne in round 10, 2016 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Marsh is originally from Margaret River, Western Australia, 277 km south of Perth.

He is the oldest son of Kris Marsh, a policeman, and Melanie Marsh, née Sorrell. He has been playing football since he was about nine years old.

Marsh's maternal grandfather, Ray Sorrell, was a champion centreman for the East Fremantle team, based in Perth. Sorrell, who played midfield, was state captain, won Sandover Medals in 1961 and 1963, was named All-Australian in 1958 and 1961, and received two Simpson Medals for being best afield in a WAFL grand final. Marsh described his grandfather as “an absolute bull” and has said, “I'd love to be half as good as him.”

In his early years, Marsh played six seasons for the Augusta-Margaret River Hawks, playing his last game for them in 2011. He then played at the colts level for East Fremantle and represented Western Australia in the under-18s carnival.

Marsh's younger brother Jonathon is also a football player who began playing for Collingwood in 2015.

Marsh, who is 189 cm tall and weighs 87 kg, has played for the Sydney Swans since 2013, after being selected with 44th pick in the 2012 NAB AFL draft.

He played for the junior team from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, he was named in the League's “team of the year." He was delisted at the end of the 2015 season because it was felt that “his style of game was too 'safe,' that he needed to play with a bit more adventure.” Consequently, Marsh had to undergo “a change of mindset.” He was aided by player Rhyce Shaw, who “helped Marsh find the right balance between attack and defence."