Although South Australian-born, George Steel Marshall and older brother John learnt their football as students in Perth and went on to become very important players for the Claremont club, especially after the war.
George Marshall was one of eight ex-soldiers who played for Claremont in their all conquering 1923 season where they won all three trophies on offer and remained undefeated. So was his brother: “G. S. Marshall (outside left): Australian born and a product of Claremont School, for whom he played in the early years of the century. Graduated as outside left in junior ranks and has figured in that position for Claremont, except for a period at the war for a number of years,” was how Nemo described him in The Western Chronicle at the end of the season.
George Marshall served on the Western Front and was accidentally shot in the leg on 5 January 1917. Although promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, he reverted to Sergeant at his own request before the end of the war.
George Marshall passed away in Moora, WA, in 1966 at the age of 75.