Eric Murray (footballer)

Eric Murray
Personal information
Full name Eric McIntyre Murray
Date of birth (1941-12-12)12 December 1941
Place of birth Symington, Scotland
Date of death 7 November 2016(2016-11-07) (aged 74)
Place of death Kilmarnock, Scotland
Position(s) Right half
Youth career
–1960 Saxone Amateurs
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1968 Kilmarnock 145 (26)
1960–1961 → Dreghorn Juniors (loan)
1968–1971 St Mirren 40 (0)
Cumnock Juniors
Total 185 (26)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric McIntyre Murray (12 December 1941 – 7 November 2016) was a Scottish footballer who played for Kilmarnock[1] and St Mirren[2] as a wing half.[3][4]

Murray was a regular part of the Kilmarnock side that won the Scottish league championship in 1964–65.[3][4] Kilmarnock then played in the 1965–66 European Cup against Real Madrid; Murray was tasked with marking the Hungarian great Ferenc Puskás.[4]

References

  1. ^ "KILMARNOCK : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  2. ^ "ST. MIRREN : 1946/47 - 2013/14". Neil Brown. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Eric Murray 1941-2016". Kilmarnock FC. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b c Vallance, Matt (23 December 2016). "Eric McIntyre Murray – former footballer Born: 12 December, 1941 Died: 07 November, 2016, aged 74". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. Retrieved 2 January 2017.