Alexander (Sandy) Marr was inducted into WA’s Football Hall of Fame (Hall of Champions) in 1996. He “was born in Scotland in 1892 and arrived in WA in 1911, aged 19. As a goalkeeper there were few to match his skill and ability throughout the 1920s and 1930s. He played his first game in WA with Fremantle Rovers in 1912, but as with most young sporting men of the time, World War One intervened in his soccer career.” His war service was as a farrier, mostly in France.
He returned in mid-1919 and resumed his football “career with Thistle from 1919 to 1922, then helped reform Fremantle Caledonians who became one of the leading clubs of the time. Once State games resumed in the mid-1920s Marr was an automatic inclusion as goalkeeper, a position he held until World War Two,” representing the State on many occasions (including games against China and Bohemia).
“After his playing days, Marr devoted the rest of his life to the game, serving for a long time on the committee of the Caledonians club. He was also elected to the presidency of the Soccer Association of WA and served as a State selector.” Alex Marr went on to become the father-figure of the Callies. The club’s fairest and best award is named after him. He passed away in September 1984, aged 93.Â