Bob Murray (Australian footballer)
| Robert W. Murray | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1942 | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham (VFA) | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1960-1962 | Sandringham Football Club | 26 (49) | |
| 1963–1974 | St Kilda | 153 (14) | |
| Total | 179 (63) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1974. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Robert W. "Bob" Murray (born 5 April 1942) is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.
Murray played with St Kilda initially as a forward, kicking four goals on debut, but soon moved to full-back. He starred in St Kilda's 1966 Grand Final win, taking a mark in defence with seconds left in the game.[1][2] He won the Trevor Barker Award as St Kilda's best and fairest player in 1969.
Murray also played in the Victorian Football Association for the Sandringham Football Club. Prior to his time at St Kilda, he played 52 games for Sandringham, including (in the last game of that stint) Sandringham's 1962 premiership in which it came back from a 44-point three-quarter-time deficit to defeat Moorabbin by one point. After his time at St Kilda, he returned to play 2½ seasons with Sandringham from 1974 until 1976.[3]
Murray won Sandringham's 1974 best and fairest award.[4]
Murray coached Tarrawingee Football Club in the Ovens & King Football League from 1981 to 1983 and played a handful of games in 1981 and 1982, kicking 40 goals.[5]
Murray later coached Wangaratta Rovers Football Club reserves team from 2004 to 2008, winning a premiership in 2007, after being runners up in 2005 and 2006.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Gabelich, Josh (5 April 2016). "Before Leo Barry, there was Bob Murray". saints.com.au. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Video". www.saints.com.au. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Marc Fiddian (2003), The Best of Football Trivia, Hastings, VIC: Galaxy Print and Design, p. 124
- ^ "Bob Murray - Zebra's Best". Google. The Age. 9 September 1974. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Tarrawingee FNC - Coaches". Tarrawingee FNC. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Wang Rovers Reserves Coaches". Wangaratta Rovers FNC. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- "St Kilda Hall of Fame Profile". Archived from the original on 19 September 2009.
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- Sandringham Football Club players
- All-Australians (1953–1988)
- Trevor Barker Award winners
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- VFL/AFL premiership players
- Australian rules biography, 1940s birth stubs