[8][9][better source needed] He won the Simpson Medal as best on ground in the club's 1953 grand final win.

[1] Somewhat controversially he moved to East Fremantle Football Club in 1957 as captain/coach for two years on the then unheard of fee of £300.

[4][13] His impact as a player and motivator was reinforced emphatically in 1957 with the new captain-coach leading the East Fremantle Sharks to their first flag in 11 years on his way to receiving a premiership pay 'bonus',[14][15] while his former club South Fremantle missed the finals for the first time since the end of World War II.

[17] Marsh himself is on record as stating that he did not lead the South Fremantle Bulldogs during their golden era because "I had too big a mouth to be captain".

[20] He was inducted to the Hall of Fame at the South Fremantle Football Club in 2011 and elevated to Legend status in 2015.