Ben Marsden


Benjamin John H. Marsden is an English former field hockey player who plays as a half back. He played for England and Great Britain and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Marsden was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, educated at Charlton Kings Junior School, Balcarras and Dean Close School and studied at Brunel University of London.
Marsden played club hockey for Teddington in the Men's England Hockey League before joining Surbiton. While at Surbiton he represented England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, won his first GB cap against the Netherlands in 2007 and represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing in the field hockey tournament.
In 2009 he has coached pupils of King's College School and became the player/coach and then head coach at Wimbledon.
In 2018, he took the role of director of sport at Cheltenham College.