George Murray (footballer)

George Murray

Personal information
Date of birth	(1942-05-16) 16 May 1942 (age 82)
Place of birth	Bellshill, Scotland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s)	Wing half
Youth career
	Kilmarnock Amateurs
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1968	Motherwell	127	(16)
1968–1973	Aberdeen	89	(4)
Total		216	(20)
International career
1964–1965	Scotland U23 [2]	3	(0)
1965	Scottish League XI [3]	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.

Career

Born in Bellshill, Murray played for Kilmarnock Amateurs, Motherwell ^[4] and Aberdeen. ^[5]

Murray was caretaker manager of Aberdeen for four matches in 1975. ^[6]

Between 1981 and 1983 Murray was head coach of Canberra Arrows in the Australian National Soccer League. ^{[7] [8]}

His younger brother Cammy was also a footballer, mainly for St Mirren. ^{[4] [9]}

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[10] [11]}

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		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

Managerial record

^[12]

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	L	D	Win %
Aberdeen (caretaker)	1975	1975	4	2	2	0	50.00%

References

1. "George Murray". motherwellnet.com. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "Scotland U23 Player George Murray Details".
3. "George Murray". London Hearts Supporters' Club. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
4. George Murray, MotherWELLnet. Retrieved 4 February 2022
5. "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
6. "George Murray profile". AFC Heritage. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
7. "Ex-coach of Aberdeen for Canberra City". The Canberra Times. 8 November 1980. p. 1. Retrieved 27 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.
8. "Murray sacked after Arrows inconsistency". The Canberra Times. 15 June 1983. p. 44. Retrieved 27 August 2019– via National Library of Australia.
9. Cammy Murray Archived 5 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine , StMirren.info. Retrieved 4 February 2022
10. "George Murray". motherWELLnet. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
11. "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust - Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
12. "afcheritage.org - Aberdeen Football Club Managers". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.