Basher Murphy

John Murphy
Personal information
Date of birth	11 March 1935 (age 89)
Place of birth	Hill of Beath, Scotland
Position(s)	Left half
Youth career
	Cowdenbeath Royals
Senior career*
Years	Team
1950–1959	Cowdenbeath
	→ Kelty Rangers (loan)
	→ Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic (loan)
	→ Crossgates Primrose (loan)
1959–1967	Queen of the South
	Raith Rovers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Murphy (born 11 March 1935) is a Scottish former footballer who made over 290 appearances in the Scottish League for Queen of the South and Cowdenbeath as a left half.^[2]^[3]^[4] He also played ice hockey for Dunfermline Royals.^[1]

Personal life

Murphy served his National Service in the RAF and was stationed at RAF Padgate and in the Netherlands.^[1] While in the Netherlands, he trained with Sparta Rotterdam, but was unable to secure a work permit to play.^[1] After his retirement from football, Murphy worked as a joiner and at Andrew's Antennas in Lochgelly.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Stark, Jim. "'Basher' simply wanted to win!". Central Fife Times. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
^ ^a ^b "John Murphy". Cowdenbeath FC – Blue Brazil Online. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
^ Hosie, Rab. "Scottish League appearance records – M". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "A – Z of Queen of the South". Official Queen of the South Site. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

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