George Marks: the Stadium Mystery keeper, and world record transfer.

William George Marks was born 9 April 1915 in Wiltshire, playing at first  for Salisbury Corinthians. He joined Arsenal on 16 March 1936 as an amateur, and was quickly moved onto Margate, the nursery club, where he stayed for two years before returning in the summer of  1938. He moved into Arsenal reserves for 1938/9 as …