John Murphy (footballer, born 1872)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3rd qtr, 1872 | ||
Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
Date of death | 1924 (aged 51–52) | ||
Position(s) |
Right half | ||
Youth career | |||
Hucknall St John's | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1896–1898 | Notts County | 37 | (24) |
1898–1899 | Bristol City | ||
1899−1900 |
South Shields Adelaide | ||
1900−1904 | Doncaster Rovers | 62a | (8) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John H. Murphy (1872−1924) was an English
Football League at the turn of the 20th century. In the 1896–97 season, he was joint top scorer in the Football League Second Division with 22 goals.[1]
Playing career
Murphy was born in
Hucknall St John's, he joined Notts County for whom he made 37 appearances in the Football League between 1896 and 1898, scoring 24 goals,[2] including 22 in 1896–97, thus making him joint top-scorer in the Second Division with teammate Tom Boucher,[1] helping Notts County claim the Second Division title and gain promotion to the First Division, after a series of play-off matches.[3]
He then dropped into the
Midland League. During his first season he went on to score 14 league goals including a hattrick against Coalville, and 1 goal in a friendly.[4]
That season Doncaster were runners up in the Midland League and were elected for the first time to Division 2 for the 1901−02 season in which he played in all 36 League and 2 FA Cup games, scoring five goals including a hat-trick in a win against Newton Heath.[4]
In his third season, he moved to play mainly at
right half, scoring three times in his 29 games.[4]
In 1903−04 he managed eight league goals and one in a friendly, before leaving the club as they were again elected to Division 2.[4]
Honours
- Football League Second Division champions: 1896–97
- 1900−01
Notes
- ^a Football League appearances only
References
- ^ a b Ross, James M. (9 August 2013). "Football League Div 1 & 2 Leading Goalscorers 1889-1915". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-9569848-3-8.