Sports
- William Marshall (tennis) (1849–?), English tennis competitor
- William Marshall (rugby), Scottish rugby player
- William C. Marshall (1918–2005), Barbadian champion racehorse trainer
- William D. Marshall (1884–?), Australian rules footballer in the VFL
- Doc Marshall (catcher) (William Riddle Marshall, 1875–1959), American baseball player
- Bill Marshall (American football), founder and long-time head coach of the Detroit Heralds of the early National Football League
- Bill Marshall (baseball) (1911–1977), American Major League Baseball player
- Billy Marshall (1936–2007), Northern Irish footballer
- Harry Marshall (born William Harry Marshall, 1905–1959), English footballer
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Come, my Celia, let us prove
While we may the sports of love;
Time will not be ours forever,
He at length our good will sever.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)