Jimmy Murray (soccer player, 1935)

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Jimmy Murray
Personnel
Surname James Robert Murray
birthday October 11, 1935
place of birth Elvington ,  England
date of death September 27, 2008
Place of death Lichfield ,  England
position Center Forward
Juniors
Years station
1951-1953 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1953-1963 Wolverhampton Wanderers 273 (155)
1963-1967 Manchester City 70 0(43)
1967-1969 Walsall FC 57 0(13)
1969-1971 Telford United
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1958-1959 England U-23 2 00(2)
1 Only league games are given.

James Robert "Jimmy" Murray (born October 11, 1935 in Elvington , † September 27, 2008 in Lichfield ) was an English football player . He was a center forward and top scorer for Wolverhampton Wanderers , who won two English championships in a row in the seasons 1957/58 and 1958/59 and the FA Cup in 1960 .

Athletic career

Murray was discovered in his home town of Dover at a soccer game in school sports by George Poyser , the scout for the Wolverhampton Wanderers. He then joined the "Wolves" in 1951 and in November 1953 the young striker was promoted to the professional field. Initially, however, he was only used in the reserve team and he worked full-time as a mechanic for Don Everall . On November 12, 1955, he made his competitive debut for the first team against Charlton Athletic (2-0). Three days earlier, the young center forward had unexpectedly started a prestigious friendly match against Dynamo Moscow and showed a good performance at 2-1 (a regional newspaper headlined “Unknown To Lead Wolves”).

In the remaining games of the 1955/56 season Muray, who had lived on the same street in Elvington as Peter Broadbent , after the serious injury of Roy Swinbourne new regular player as "number 9". He quickly convinced as a new goalscorer and his strengths included the speed and, despite the relatively small height, the header game. He succeeded in the current season a double-digit hit yield and in the subsequent season 1956/57 he confirmed his performances with 17 goals. His five goals in the first pre-season game on a 1957 South Africa tour were a foretaste of the coming achievements and in the 1957/58 championship season he had scored 16 times before Christmas and 36 times by the end of the season (29 of them in the league). Having arrived at his sporting climax, he contributed 21 more league goals (one in each of the last seven games) to successfully defending his title in the following year, making him the top scorer of the Wolves again. During this time he also completed two U-23 internationals for England and other ambitions in the senior team failed due to competitors such as Derek Kevan , Brian Clough , Bobby Charlton and Nat Lofthouse . In May 1960 Murray won his third major title with the FA Cup , although he had missed the 3-0 final against Blackburn Rovers . He stayed with the club until November 1963 before moving to Manchester City for £ 27,000 after 299 competitive games and 166 goals for the Wolves .

At the "Citizens" he played in attack together with Derek Kevan and in 1966 Murray won the second division championship . He later worked for Walsall FC and Telford United . With Telford he reached the final of the FA Trophy twice , won the second edition and then ended his active career in 1971. After the end of his football days he ran a grocery store in Tamworth and a car rental company in Lichfield. He died on September 27, 2008 - shortly before his 73rd birthday - as a result of prostate cancer.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "England - U-23 International Results - Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ^ Tony Matthews, Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, Derby 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 , pp. 143 .
  3. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Jimmy Murray dies" (Birmingham Mail)
  4. ↑ "Jimmy Murray: 1935-2008" (Wolves Heroes)
personal data
SURNAME Murray, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murray, James Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Elvington
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2008
Place of death Lichfield