Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 May 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Bellshill, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Wing half | ||
Youth career | |||
Kilmarnock Amateurs | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1968 | Motherwell | 127 | (16) |
1968–1973 | Aberdeen | 89 | (11) |
Total | 216 | (27) | |
International career | |||
1964–1965 | Scotland U23 [1] | 3 | (0) |
1965 | Scottish League XI [2] | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1975 | Aberdeen (caretaker) | ||
1981–1983 | Canberra Arrows | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Murray (born 16 May 1942) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Born in Bellshill, Murray played for Kilmarnock Amateurs, Motherwell [3] and Aberdeen. [4]
Murray was caretaker manager of Aberdeen for four matches in 1975. [5]
Between 1981 and 1983 Murray was head coach of Canberra Arrows in the Australian National Soccer League. [6] [7]
His younger brother Cammy was also a footballer, mainly for St Mirren. [3] [8]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aberdeen | 1967–68 | Scottish Division One | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
1968–69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
1969–70 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
1970–71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
1971–72 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
1972–73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | ||
Total | 89 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 127 | 4 |
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Aberdeen (caretaker) | 1975 | 1975 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50.00% |
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