Jimmy Murray

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James "Jimmy" Murray (born February 4, 1933 in Edinburgh) was a legendary Scottish football striker for Heart of Midlothian and the Scottish national football team in the 1950s.

He made his first Scotland appearance in a 4-0 defeat to England at Hampden on 19 April 1958. He scored Scotland's first-ever goal in a World Cup match at the 1958 FIFA World Cup finals, against Yugoslavia in a 1-1 draw.

He won a total of 5 caps for Scotland.

Scotland Scotland squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Scotland

1 Younger | 2 Brown | 3 Parker | 4 Caldow | 5 Hewie | 6 Haddock | 7 McColl | 8 Turnbull | 9 Evans | 10 Docherty | 11 Mackay | 12 Cowie | 13 Baird | 14 Leggat | 15 Scott | 16 Murray | 17 Mudie | 18 Coyle | 19 Collins | 20 Robertson | 21 Imlach | 22 Fernie | Coach: Walker