Jack Murray (footballer)

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Jack Murray
Personal information
Full name Jack Francis Murray
Date of birth (1913-07-15)15 July 1913
Place of birth Western Australia
Playing career
Years Club Games (Goals)
1935–1949 Swan Districts 170 (37)[1]
Career highlights
  • WA State Team (4 times)
  • Swan Medal (1939,1947)

Jack Francis Murray (born 15 July 1913) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the West Australian National Football League (WANFL).

Murray played 170 games from 1935 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1949, as either a ruckman or a defender, for the Swan Districts Football Club. "Had his career not been shortened by the war, he would almost certainly have been the Swans’ first ever 200 game footballer."[2]

He made his interstate debut at the 1937 Perth carnival.[3] against South Australia. In the period prior to World War Two, he played in 8 of Western Australia’s 9 matches, and after the war made a 9th appearance.[2]

Murray won the fairest and best award at Swan Districts Football Club in 1939 and 1947[2] and was selected in the Swan Districts Team of the Century in the back pocket.[4]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 [1], AustralianFootball.com Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  3. 1937 Perth Carnival, fullpointsfooty.net Retrieved 2010-08-13.
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