Basher Murphy
Scottish footballer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1935-03-11) 11 March 1935 (age 89)[1] | ||
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]
Personal life
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]
Honours
- Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Stark, Jim. "'Basher' simply wanted to win!". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ a b "John Murphy". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – M". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "A – Z of Queen of the South". Official Queen of the South Site. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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Cowdenbeath F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
- Adamson
- H. Allan
- R. Allan
- Archibald
- Armstrong
- R. Birrell
- W. Birrell
- Bostock
- G. Brown
- J. Brown
- Buchanan
- Buckley
- Burns
- Cairns
- Callaghan
- Cowan
- Curle
- Devlin
- Dickson
- Drummond
- Dryburgh
- Edwards
- Falconer
- Frame
- Geddes
- Gildea
- Gilfillan
- Glancy
- Gomis
- Grant
- Hamill
- Hay
- Hemmings
- Henderson
- Hendren
- Hughes
- Jack
- Jones
- Jordan
- Kinnell
- Laing
- Lancaster
- Law
- Leonard
- Liddle
- Lindsay
- Mackenzie
- Malone
- Mbu
- McArthur
- McDowell
- McGarr
- McGlashan
- McGregor
- McLauchlan
- Menzies
- Mercer
- Middleton
- Mowbray
- Murphy
- Murray
- Paatelainen
- J. Paterson
- W. Paterson
- Philp
- Ja. Pollock
- Jo. Pollock
- Pullar
- Quinn
- Rankin
- Rankine
- Reid
- Renfrew
- Ritchie
- J. Robertson
- P. Robertson
- Ross
- R. Russell
- T. Russell
- Smith
- Steele
- G. Stewart
- W. Stewart
- Tait
- Taylor
- Turnbull
- Venters
- Walker
- Wall
- Walls
- Ward
- Wilson
- Winter
- Wright
- Yardley
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