Fred T. Murphy

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Not to be confused with Fred J. Murphy.

Fred T. Murphy
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1872-10-23)October 23, 1872 Detroit, Michigan
Died	January 10, 1948(1948-01-10) (aged 75) Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Playing career
Football 1893–1896 Baseball 1896	Yale Yale
Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1900–1901	Missouri
Head coaching record
Overall	6–10–2
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Awards All-American, 1895 All-American, 1896

Fred Towsley Murphy (October 23, 1872 – January 10, 1948) was an American football player, coach, and physician. He played college football at Yale University from 1893 to 1896. He was named to the 1895 College Football All-America Team and the 1896 College Football All-America Team as a Tackle. Murphy served as the head football coach at the University of Missouri from 1900 to 1901, compiling a record of 6–10–2.

Playing career

Murphy attended Yale University where he played tackle for the school's football team. He was selected as an All-American at that position in 1895. In 1894, Murphy was injured in the Harvard–Yale football game that became known as the "Hampden Park Blood Bath." The game had become increasingly brutal with the introduction of mass formation. In the 1894 game, four players on each team suffered serious injuries, resulting in the cancellation of the football rivalry between the two schools. Murphy was left unconscious for five hours in a hospital as a result of the beating he took in the game.^[1]

In addition to football, he also played on the Yale baseball team during his junior year. He graduated from Yale with a Bachelor of Arts in 1897.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Missouri Tigers (Independent) (1900–1901)
1900	Missouri	4–4–1
1901	Missouri	2–6–1
Missouri:		6–10–2
Total:		6–10–2

References

↑ Nelson, David M.. The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules, and the Men Who Made the Game. p. 74.
↑ "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Year 1947–1948". Bulletin of Yale University: 43–44. January 1, 1949. Retrieved December 28, 20013.

External links

Fred T. Murphy at the College Football Data Warehouse

Missouri Tigers head football coaches

A. L. McRae (1890)
Hal Reid (1891)
E. H. Jones (1892)
Harry Orman Robinson (1893–1894)
C. D. Bliss (1895)
Frank Patterson (1896)
Charles Young (1897)
Dave Fultz (1898–1899)
Fred T. Murphy (1900–1901)
Pat O'Dea (1902)
John McLean (1903–1905)
W. J. Monilaw (1906–1908)
William Roper (1909)
Bill Hollenback (1910)
Chester Brewer (1911–1913)
Henry Schulte (1914–1917)
No team (1918)
John F. Miller (1919)
James Phelan (1920–1921)
Thomas Kelley (1922)
Gwinn Henry (1923–1931)
Frank Carideo (1932–1934)
Don Faurot (1935–1942)
Chauncey Simpson (1943–1945)
Don Faurot (1946–1956)
Frank Broyles (1957)
Dan Devine (1958–1970)
Al Onofrio (1971–1977)
Warren Powers (1978–1984)
Woody Widenhofer (1985–1988)
Bob Stull (1989–1993)
Larry Smith (1994–2000)
Gary Pinkel (2001– )

v t e 1895 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Clint Wyckoff HB George H. Brooke HB Sam Thorne FB Charley Brewer C Alfred E. Bull G Dudley Riggs G Charles Wharton T Langdon Lea T Fred T. Murphy E Norman Cabot E Charlie Gelbert

v t e 1896 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Clarence Fincke HB Addison Kelly HB Edgar Wrightington FB John Baird C Robert Gailey G Charles Wharton G Wylie G. Woodruff T William H. Church T Fred T. Murphy E Norman Cabot E Charlie Gelbert

Persondata
Name	Murphy, Fred T.
Alternative names	Murphy, Fred Towsley
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 23, 1872
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Date of death	January 10, 1948
Place of death	Grosse Pointe, Michigan

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