Fraser Murphy

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Fraser Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-01-02) 2 January 1963 (age 60)
Original team(s) Geelong West (VFA)
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1984–1991 Carlton 107 (158)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1991.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Fraser Murphy (born 2 January 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the VFL.

Murphy was a rover who played 107 games for Carlton. He was recruited in 1984, after finishing as runner-up for the J. J. Liston Trophy while playing for Geelong West in the VFA in 1983. [1] He kicked 39 goals for Carlton in 1985, and played in Carlton's 1987 premiership team. After leaving the club in 1991 he moved to Collingwood, but did not end up playing a game for them, and then returned to the VFA with Werribee in 1992. [2]

In 2020 he was named in the St Joseph’s College Team of Champions, recognising the best VFL/AFL players to have attended the school. [3]

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References

  1. Gerry Carmen (25 August 1983). "Swan wins Liston". The Age. Melbourne. p. 28.
  2. Phil Cleary (8 April 1992). "VFA goes home to fans". The Sunday Age (Sports Liftout). Melbourne. p. 18.
  3. "Four skippers, eight All-Australians, one Brownlow ... one school". www.afl.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2023.