Wyn Murray

Wyn Murray
Personal information
Full name Wyn Murray
Date of birth (1908-07-04)4 July 1908
Date of death 21 December 1947(1947-12-21) (aged 39)
Original team(s) 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 correct to end of 1934 season.

Wyn Murray (4 July 1908 – 21 December 1947) 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 Australian Dancing Championship many times and also represented Australia overseas, with her husband, Ron Shelton[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Wyn Muray to retire". The Argus. 7 September 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Wyn Murray". AFL Tables.
  3. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  4. ↑ "Preston trophies". The Argus. 8 September 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Murray Best and Fairest". The Argus. 14 August 1937. p. 26. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "League games for 1938". The Argus. 27 January 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  7. ↑ "Country interest in engagement". The Argus. 26 December 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2011.

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