Don Murray (footballer)

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Don Murray
Personal information
Full name	Donald James Murray
Date of birth	January 18, 1946 (1946-01-18) (age 62)
Place of birth	Elgin, Scotland
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Cardiff City
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1962-1975 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 ?-?	Cardiff City → Swansea City (loan) Hearts Newport County Barry Town	406 (6) 005 (0) 038 (0) 018 (0) 00? (?)
National team
	Scotland U23
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Donald James "Don" Murray (born 18 January 1946 in Elgin, Moray) is a former Scottish professional footballer and is widely regarded as one of the greatest defenders ever to play for Cardiff City

[edit] Club career

Murray began his career at Cardiff City, making his debut at the age of 17 years and 113 days old, against Middlesbrough in May 1963. Fully establishing himself in the 1964/65 season he went on to hold a first team spot with the Bluebirds for a decade, including being an ever present for three of the seasons, and currently holds the club record for consecutive league appearances with 146 games between May 1968 to November 1971. Murray was also a member of the Cardiff squad that reached the European Cup Winners Cup semi-final in the 1967/68 season.

Cardiff often received offers from higher clubs for Murray but he decided to remain with Cardiff for the majority of his career. He had a short loan spell at Swansea City in his last year with the club before retuning to Scotland for a year with Hearts. He joined Newport County the following year, linking up with former Cardiff manager Jimmy Scoular.

[edit] International career

Despite a long and illustrious career Murray gained just one Scotland under-23 cap during his career.

[edit] Honors

Welsh Cup winner:1963-1964, 1964-1965, 1966-1967, 1967-1968, 1968-1969, 1969-1970, 1970-1971, 1972-1973, 1973-1974
Welsh Cup finalist:1971-1972