{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Bill Marchbank | image = | fullname = William Marchbank | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|08|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Yarragon, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|07|19|1887|08|23|df=yes}} | death_place = South Melbourne, Victoria | originalteam = Gaffney's Creek | height = 178 cm | weight = 87 kg | position = | statsend = 1912 | years1 = 1908 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = {{0}}3 (2) | years2 = 1910–12 | club2 = {{AFL Fit}} | games_goals2 = 22 (0) | games_goalstotal = 25 (2) | careerhighlights = }} '''William Marchbank''' (23 August 1887 – 19 July 1941)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63281251 |title=PERSONAL. |newspaper=Gippsland Times |location=Victoria |date=24 July 1941 |access-date=21 September 2014 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=519}}</ref>
The third child of James William Marchbank and Janet Scott, Bill Marchbank was a burly player who made three appearances for Carlton in 1908. After a year with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), he joined Fitzroy where he played for three seasons.
In 1913, Marchbank was transferred to Beechworth Police Station<ref>{{cite web |title=1913 - The Police Force |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200687868# |publisher=Ovens & Murray Advertiser |access-date=9 August 2021 |pages=2 |date=8 January 1913}}</ref> and played with Beechworth in their 1913<ref>{{cite web |title=1913 - Beechworth Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199669871 |publisher=Ovens & Murray Advertiser |access-date=9 August 2021 |pages=3 |date=1 October 1913}}</ref> and 1914<ref>{{cite web |title=1914 - Beechworth win premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92115810 |publisher=Wangaratta Chronicle |access-date=9 August 2021 |pages=1 |date=16 September 1914}}</ref> Ovens and King Football League premierships. He was captain of Beechworth in 1914 and again in 1915 when they played in the Ovens and Murray Football League.
In May 1915, Marchbank played on a permit with Hawthorn<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154956317 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=6 May 1915 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> in the VFA alongside his half-brother Jim in a one off appearance<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gordon |first=Harry & Michael |title=One For All: the story of the Hawthorn Football Club |year=2009 |page=379 |isbn=978-1-921332-83-8}}</ref> before returning to Beechworth,<ref>{{cite web |title=1915 - Beechworth FC |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90773607 |publisher=Ovens & Murray Advertiser |access-date=9 August 2021 |pages=2 |date=14 July 1915}}</ref> then later enlisting to serve in World War I.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/344995 |title=William Marchbank – Discovering Anzacs |publisher=National Archives of Australia |access-date=11 October 2014}}</ref>
He married Emma Theresa McMaster in 1919 and served as a policeman for thirty years in various country and metropolitan locations until his death in 1941.
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=B/Bill_Marchbank.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Bill+Marchbank Bill Marchbank's profile] at Blueseum
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