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.
| 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 | |||
Notes and references
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Census returns - Census - Search results (1901), ScotlandsPeople
- ^ Census returns - Census - Search results (1911), ScotlandsPeople
- ^ a b Murphy, John (1925), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
- ^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ (Hearts player) John Murphy, London Hearts Supporters Club
- ^ John Murphy, MotherWELLnet
- ^ (Kilmarnock player) Murphy, John, FitbaStats
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