Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 11 March 1935||
Place of birth | Hill of Beath, Scotland [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Youth career | |||
Cowdenbeath Royals | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1950–1959 | Cowdenbeath | 92 | (19) |
→ Kelty Rangers (loan) | |||
→ Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan) | |||
→ Crossgates Primrose (loan) | |||
1959–1967 | Queen of the South | 202 | (127) |
Raith Rovers | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Murphy (born 11 March 1935) is a Scottish former footballer who made over 290 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen of the South and Cowdenbeath as a left half. [2] [3] [4] He also played ice hockey for Dunfermline Royals. [1]
Murphy served his National Service in the RAF and was stationed at RAF Padgate and in the Netherlands. [1] While in the Netherlands, he trained with Sparta Rotterdam, but was unable to secure a work permit to play. [1] After his retirement from football, Murphy worked as a joiner and at Andrew's Antennas in Lochgelly. [1]