Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Anthony Murphy | ||
Date of birth | 19 July 1917 | ||
Place of birth | South Bank, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 19 September 1944 | (aged 27)||
Place of death | Fascist Italy [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
South Bank St. Peters | |||
1937–1939 | Middlesbrough | 15 | (0) |
1939–1940 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Anthony Murphy (19 July 1917 – 19 September 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half in the Football League for Middlesbrough. [1]
Murphy served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed on 19 September 1944 during the advance from Ancona to Rimini in the Italian campaign. [2] [3] He is buried at the Gradara War Cemetery. [2]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Middlesbrough | 1937–38 [4] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1938–39 [4] | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | David Anthony Murphy | ||
Date of birth | 19 July 1917 | ||
Place of birth | South Bank, England [1] | ||
Date of death | 19 September 1944 | (aged 27)||
Place of death | Fascist Italy [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
South Bank St. Peters | |||
1937–1939 | Middlesbrough | 15 | (0) |
1939–1940 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Anthony Murphy (19 July 1917 – 19 September 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half in the Football League for Middlesbrough. [1]
Murphy served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed on 19 September 1944 during the advance from Ancona to Rimini in the Italian campaign. [2] [3] He is buried at the Gradara War Cemetery. [2]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Middlesbrough | 1937–38 [4] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1938–39 [4] | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |