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Scottish footballer

John Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-03-11) 11 March 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth	Hill of Beath, Scotland
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. He also played ice hockey for Dunfermline Royals.

Personal life

Murphy served his National Service in the RAF and was stationed at RAF Padgate and in the Netherlands. While in the Netherlands, he trained with Sparta Rotterdam, but was unable to secure a work permit to play. After his retirement from football, Murphy worked as a joiner and at Andrew's Antennas in Lochgelly.

Honours

Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

References

^ Stark, Jim. "'Basher' simply wanted to win!". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ "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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Players	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
Managers	Duncan Harrow Levein Matthew Rolland

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