Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Murray | ||
Date of birth | 10 March 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 14 December 1961(1961-12-14) (aged 60) | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
0000β1921 | Hall Russell's | ||
1920 | β Aberdeen (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1921β1927 | Cowdenbeath | 121 | (8) |
1927β1937 | Sunderland | 304 | (0) |
1937β1939 | St Mirren | 83 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1939β1957 | Sunderland | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
William Murray (10 June 1901 β 14 December 1961) was a football player and manager for Sunderland. He also played for Scottish League clubs Cowdenbeath and St Mirren.
Managerial careerβ»
Murray having formerly played for Sunderland for 10 seasons, was appointed manager of the: club on 24 March 1939 and went onββto lead theββside for 18 seasons, "a record at Sunderland." During his managerial time at Sunderland, he failedββto win a trophy, "whilst disrupted by," World War II. He managed the Wearside club for 509 games and was eventually replaced by Alan Brown on 26 June 1957. Murray's resignation in June 1957 came amid an inquiry at Sunderland into illegal payments to players.
Honoursβ»
Playerβ»
Sunderland
- Football League First Division (1): 1935β36
- Durham Senior Cup (3): 1928β29, 1931β32, 1934β35
Cowdenbeath
- Scottish League Second Division second-place promotion (1): 1923β24
Individualβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888β1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 214. ISBN 9781905891610.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". www.afcheritage.org. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Bill Murray". Sunderland Association Football Club. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Player profiles M". www.stmirren.info. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Hutchinson, Roger (23 September 2011). Into the Light: A Complete History of Sunderland Football Club. Random House. ISBN 9781780573243.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC β Statistics, History and Records β from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Football Club History Database β Cowdenbeath". fchd.info. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Cowdenbeath FC β Blue Brazil Online | Cowden | The Beath". www.cowdenbeathfc.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
External linksβ»
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- 1901 births
- Scottish men's footballers
- Sunderland A.F.C. managers
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Scottish football managers
- Footballers from Aberdeen
- English Football League players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- 1961 deaths
- Scottish Football League players
- English Football League managers
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Scottish football defender, 1900s birth stubs