Joe Marston

Joe Marston
Marston in 1964
Personal information
Full name James Edward Marston
Date of birth (1926-01-07)7 January 1926
Place of birth Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 29 November 2015(2015-11-29) (aged 89)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1949 Leichhardt-Annandale
1950–1955 Preston North End 185 (0)
1955–1958 Leichhardt-Annandale
1959–1964 APIA Leichhardt
1969 Western Suburbs
International career
1947–1958 Australia 13 (0)
Managerial career
1958 Australia (Player-Coach)
1965 APIA Leichhardt
1966 Australia
1966 APIA Leichhardt
1967–1969 Western Suburbs
1972–1973 APIA Leichhardt
1974–1977 Auburn
1978–1979 Sydney Olympic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Edward "Joe" Marston MBE (7 January 1926 – 29 November 2015) was an Australian association footballer who played as a defender. He became the first Australian to appear in a FA Cup Final when he turned out for Preston North End in their 1954 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.[1]

  1. ^ "From Sydney to Wembley - Marston's long haul to Cup final". The Independent. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022.