Wyn Murray

Wyn Murray
Personal information
Full name Wyn Murray
Date of birth 4 July 1908
Original team South Bendigo
Height/Weight 178 cm / 81 kg
Position(s) Defender
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1929–34 Melbourne 65 (4)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1934 season .

Wyn Murray (born 4 July 1908, date of death unknown) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

After playing at South Bendigo for two seasons,[1] Murray came to Melbourne and gave the club solid service in six seasons. Murray, a left footer, missed just one game in his first two years with the club but was in and out of the side after that.[2] A half back flanker, he represented the VFL against South Australia in 1933.[3]

In 1935, Murray joined Preston[1] and won their best player award in 1937.[4] He retired from the game that season,[1][5] but returned in 1938 when appointed captain-coach for the year.[6]

As football was not a professional sport in the 1930s, Murray had a career as a police officer in Brunswick.[1] His daughter, Patricia Joan, was a winner of the Victorian Section of the Australian Dancing Championship and the Tango Championship of Victoria.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "WYN. MURRAY TO RETIRE". The Argus: pp. 14. 7 September 1937. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11080746?searchTerm=wyn%20murray&searchLimits=. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  2. ^ "Wyn Murray". AFL Tables. http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/players/W/Wyn_Murray.html. 
  3. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
  4. ^ "PRESTON TROPHIES". The Argus: p. 9. 8 September 1937. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11080336?searchTerm=wyn%20murray&searchLimits=. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  5. ^ "Murray Best and Fairest". The Argus: p. 26. 14 August 1937. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11099214?searchTerm=wyn%20murray&searchLimits=. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  6. ^ "LEAGUE GAMES FOR 1938". The Argus: p. 18. 27 January 1938. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11143780?searchTerm=wyn%20murray&searchLimits=. Retrieved 4 February 2011. 
  7. ^ "Country interest in engagement". The Argus: p. 9. 26 December 1952. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wyn_Murray&action=edit. Retrieved 4 February 2011.