Joseph Thomas Marr (9 August 1880 – 19 July 1975) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2009), p.521.
Family The eldest of the 11 children of James Adam Marr (1859-1914),Deaths: Marr, The Argus, (Tuesday, 31 March 1914), p.1. and Elizabeth May Marr (1864-1912), née Midolo,Deaths: Marr, The Age, (Friday, 31 May 1912), p.1. Joseph Thomas Marr was born at Richmond, Victoria on 9 August 1880.
Although the VFL records (perhaps retrospectively constructed) seem to follow those of the Carlton Football ClubBoth the AFL Statistics and the Blueseum entry have him as "Joe Marr". and the Essendon Football Club records have him as, simply, "J.T. Marr",Maplestone (1996), pp.404, 409, and 446, given that: (a) none of his 10 siblings were called "Thomas", the death notices for his mother and his father indicate that he was known to his family as "Thomas", rather than as "Joseph", (b) at his marriage, on 19 August 1934, he was identified as "Thomas Joseph Marr", (c) as early as 1934, his electoral roll entry was showing "Thomas Joseph Marr", and (d) his death notice, and his gravestone, indicate that, although his birth was registered as "Joseph Thomas Marr", he was known as "Thomas Joseph Marr" — at least, in his later adult life.
He married Ruth McAndrew, née Heslin (1900-1981), in Marrickville, New South Wales, on 10 August 1934.Law Report: In Divorce: McAndrew v. McAndrew, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Thursday, 4 November 1926), p.6.
Death He died in a hospital at Liverpool, New South Wales on 19 July 1975.Deaths: Marr, Thomas Joseph, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Monday, 21 July 1975), p.20.
Notes
References Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Melbourne: Bas Publishing. Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996.
External links
Joe Marr's profile at Blueseum