Marshall Brooks was born on 30 May 1855 in Haslingden, Lancashire, the second son of Thomas Brooks, 1st Baron Crawshaw of Crawshaw and Catherine Jones.
However, on 22 March 1875 Glazebrook is said to have jumped 1.80m (equally a mark set by Marshall Brooks) which at the time was the highest thus far attained.
One of the most eminent of these early jumpers was Marshall Brooks of Oxford University, who achieved the first jump of
His younger son, Marshall, was an excellent sportsman, having been British Amateur High Jump champion in 1874 and 1876, world record holder for the High Jump on three occasions, as well as having represented England in rugby union in 1874.
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