Jimmy Murray (English footballer)

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This article is about the English footballer (b.1935). For the Scottish international footballer (b.1933), see Jimmy Murray (Scottish footballer).
Jimmy Murray
Personal information
Date of birth October 11, 1935 (1935-10-11) (age 72)
Place of birth    Dover, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position Forward
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1955–1963
1963–1967
1967–1969
1969–1971		 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester City
Walsall
Telford United		 273 (155)
070 0(43)
058 0(13)
00 - 00(-)   
National team
1958–1959 England Under 23 002 00(2)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jimmy Murray (born October 11, 1935 in Dover) is a former professional footballer, who spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Murray was signed up by Wolves as a youngster and turned professional in November 1953. He spent a few seasons in the reserves before he finally made his league debut on November 12, 1955 in a 2-0 win over Charlton Athletic.

He quickly established himself within the team that season, scoring 11 goals, and remained a prolific scorer for the club over the following seasons. In 1957/58, he was the leading goalscorer as the club captured the league title, which they retained the next season. Murray also won an FA Cup winners medal in 1960, as he played in the 3-0 final win over Blackburn Rovers. His time at Molineux also saw him appearing in European games, and scoring against the likes of Barcelona. He finally left for Manchester City for £27,000 in November 1963 after scoring a total of 166 goals in 299 senior games, ending as leading goalscorer in three seasons.

At Maine Road, the striker was part of the side that won promotion back to the top flight in 1965/66, before ending his league career at Third Division Walsall. He finished his playing days with two seasons at non-league Telford United, where he reached two successive FA Trophy finals (one victoriously).

After ending his playing career, Murray ran a greengrocers in Tamworth and later worked for a contract car company. He currently lives in Lichfield.