John Murphy (footballer, born 1898)

John Murphy
Personal information
Full name John Dickie Elliot Murphy[a]
Date of birth 1898
Place of birth Govan, Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[4]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– St Anthony's
1919–1925 Heart of Midlothian  142 (40)
1922 → St Mirren (loan)  0 (0)
1925 → Hamilton Academical (loan)  0 (0)
1925–1926 Motherwell  18 (3)
1926–1929 Kilmarnock  45 (10)
1928–1929 → Coleraine (loan)  
1929–1930 Ballymena United  
1930–1931 Shelbourne  
Total 205 (54)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Dickie Elliot Murphy[a] (born 1898) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right.[5] His first and longest senior spell was with Heart of Midlothian[6] where he spent the better part of seven seasons (including brief loans at St Mirren and Hamilton Academical),[4] followed by around a year at Motherwell[7] and 18 months at Kilmarnock.[8] He then moved to the Irish leagues with Coleraine and Ballymena United in County Antrim then Dublin side Shelbourne.

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b His parents had yet to marry when he was born, and the certificate bears his mother's maiden surname of Elliot.[1] He lived with his maternal great-aunt in childhood, and on two editions of the census[2][3] her married name Dickie was given as John's surname (it was also his middle name). He later used his father's surname Murphy.
  1. ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ Census returns - Census - Search results (1901), ScotlandsPeople
  3. ^ Census returns - Census - Search results (1911), ScotlandsPeople
  4. ^ a b Murphy, John (1925), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  5. ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ (Hearts player) John Murphy, London Hearts Supporters Club
  7. ^ John Murphy, MotherWELLnet
  8. ^ (Kilmarnock player) Murphy, John, FitbaStats


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