{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1878–1958)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Jim Marchbank | image = Jim Marchbank.jpg | caption = Marchbank during his Carlton career | fullname = James Alexander Marchbank | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|8|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Bairnsdale, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|1|6|1878|8|17|df=y}} | death_place = Tocumwal | originalteam = Woods Point | height = 188 cm | weight = 86 kg | position = Ruckman/Centre half forward | statsend = 1913 | years1 = 1903–04, 1906–13 | club1 = Carlton | games_goals1 = 115 (43) | careerhighlights = }}
'''James Alexander Marchbank''' (17 August 1878 – 6 January 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/Jim%2BMarchbank/1739|title=Jim Marchbank – Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|access-date=8 December 2014}}</ref> was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton 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}}</ref>
Jim Marchbank was born James Alexander Hanson, the second son of James Trickett Hanson (a Danish immigrant) and Janet Scott. After his father's death in 1880, his mother married John William Marchbank and James inherited the Marchbank name. The family lived in Woods Point and worked in the timber industry.
Marchbank was already 24 when he came to Carlton but he soon established a place in the side as both a ruckman and centre half forward. He participated in Carlton's 1904 Grand Final loss and took a break from the sport in 1905 as the Woods Point recruit was struggling to adapt to life in Melbourne.
In 1906 he returned to the game and was a centre half forward in their premiership team that year as well as in 1908. He however missed the 1907 flag due to a suspension for striking in an encounter against South Melbourne late in the season. Marchbank played in further Grand Finals in 1909 and 1910 but finished on the losing team in both.
In 1915, Marchbank transferred to 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 Victorian Football Association along with his half-brother Bill and made four appearances before the competition went into recess during World War I.<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>
Marchbank married Ellen Mary Roche in 1920 and worked in the timber industry until his death in 1958.
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{AFL Tables|ref=J/Jim_Marchbank.html}} *{{AustralianFootball|ref=Jim%2BMarchbank/1739}}
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