Fred Marshall

Biographical information

RolesNon-starter
SexMale
Full nameJames Alfred "Fred"•Marshall
Used nameFred•Marshall
Born13 April 1878 in Patra, Dutiki Ellada (GRE)
Died16 April 1951 in Belfast, Northern Ireland (GBR)
NOC Great Britain

Biography

Fred Marshall was the son of a doctor who was also a British vice-consul in Athens. With living in Athens at the time of the inaugural Olympics Games in 1896, Marshall entered the lawn tennis competition and was scheduled to play in both the singles and doubles. He was drawn to meet his brother George in the singles, and the siblings were due to play together in the doubles. Fred was a non-starter, however, while George did go on to compete, but in the 100 and 800 metres track events,

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1896 Summer Olympics Tennis GBR Fred Marshall
Singles, Men (Olympic) DNS
Doubles, Men (Olympic) George Marshall DNS

Olympic family relations