Jack Murray (footballer)
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Jack Murray | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Jack Francis Murray | ||
Date of birth | 15 July 1913 | ||
Place of birth | Western Australia | ||
Playing career | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1935–1949 | Swan Districts | 170 (37)[1] | |
Career highlights | |||
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Jack Francis Murray (born 15 July 1913) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL).
Murray played 170 games from 1935 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1949, as either a ruckman or a defender, for the Swan Districts Football Club. "Had his career not been shortened by the war, he would almost certainly have been the Swans’ first ever 200 game footballer."[2]
He made his interstate debut at the 1937 Perth carnival.[3] against South Australia. In the period prior to World War Two, he played in 8 of Western Australia’s 9 matches, and after the war made a 9th appearance.[2]
Murray won the fairest and best award at Swan Districts Football Club in 1939 and 1947[2] and was selected in the Swan Districts Team of the Century in the back pocket.[4]
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