Chris Marron
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Chris Marron
| image =
| fullname = Christopher Marron
| birth_date = 7 February 1925
| birth_place = Jarrow, England
| death_date = 11th June 1986{{hugman|13162}}
| death_place = Mansfield, England
| height =
| position = Centre forward
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1947 |clubs1 = South Shields |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1947–1952 |clubs2 = Chesterfield |caps2 = 108 |goals2 = 44
| years3 = 1952–1954 |clubs3 = Mansfield Town |caps3 = 53 |goals3 = 25
| years4 = 1955–1955 |clubs4 = Bradford Park Avenue |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 1
| years5 = |clubs5 = Heanor Town |caps5 = |goals5 =
| managerclubs1 = Heanor Town
| manageryears1 =
}}
Christopher Marron (7 February 1925 – June 1986) was an English professional footballer. A centre forward, he scored 70 goals in 163 matches in the Football League, and also holds the record for the most goals in an FA Cup match, having scored ten in a preliminary round match in September 1947.
Career
Born in Jarrow,[http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player7/chrismarron.html Chris Marron] Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database Marron was playing for North Eastern League club South Shields when he scored ten goals in a preliminary round match against Radcliffe Welfare United in the 1947–48 FA Cup, a record for the competition.{{efn|Ted MacDougall of A.F.C. Bournemouth holds the record (9) for the most goals scored in the non-qualifying rounds.}}[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/3033843/Jacksons-10-goals-add-up-to-a-record.html Jackson's 10 goals add up to a record] The Daily Telegraph, 3 September 2002 The record was equalled by Paul Jackson of Stocksbridge Park Steels in 2002 when they beat Oldham Town 17–1.
Shortly afterwards Marron signed for Second Division Chesterfield. He made his debut on 11 October 1947 in a 0–0 draw against Birmingham City and went on to play 108 league games for the club,[https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055308/http://www.cfchistory.com/Stats--records/Player/100%20apps.xlsx Chesterfield players with 100 or more Football League appearances] CFC History[https://web.archive.org/web/20170401055431/http://www.cfchistory.com/Stats--records/Team/All%20results,%20by%20day%20v2016.xlsx All Chesterfield's league and cup results] CFC History scoring 44 goals. The club were relegated to the Third Division North at the end of the 1951–52 season,{{fchd|id=CHESTERF|name=Chesterfield}} with Marron's last game for the club coming on 26 April 1952, a 2–2 draw with Bradford City.
Marron subsequently signed for Chesterfield's local rivals Mansfield Town. He was top scorer in his first season at the club, scoring 16 times. He also played in goal in a game against Barrow after the team's goalkeeper broke his wrist; during the match Marron saved a penalty.[http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town/stags-down-the-years-marron-top-scores-as-1952-53-season-ends-with-fixture-congestion-1-8079248 STAGS DOWN THE YEARS: Marron top scores as 1952/53 season ends with fixture congestion] The Chad, 18 August 2016 By the end of the following season he had scored 25 goals in 53 matches. He then left to join Bradford Park Avenue for the 1954–55 season. However, he only played two league matches for his new club before leaving to become player-manager of Heanor Town, then playing in the Central Alliance.[http://nonleaguematters.co.uk/nlmnet/Aarg3EB/CA48.html The Central Alliance 1947–1962] Non-League Matters
Marron lived in Mansfield until his death on June 11th 1986.
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Category:Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players
Category:Chesterfield F.C. players
Category:English football managers
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Gateshead United F.C. players
Category:Heanor Town F.C. managers
Category:Heanor Town F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Footballers from Jarrow
Category:Men's association football forwards