Wyn Murray
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Personal information | |||
Full name | George Wynyatt Murray | ||
Date of birth | 4 July 1908 | ||
Place of birth | Bendigo, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 21 December 1947 | (aged 39)||
Place of death | Fitzroy, Victoria | ||
Original team(s) | South Bendigo | ||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1929–34 | Melbourne | 65 (4) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1934. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
George Wynyatt "Wyn" Murray (4 July 1908 – 21 December 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of Alfred Wynyatt Murray (1868-1936),[1] and Johanna Murray (1874-1940), née Gleeson,[2] George Wynyatt Murray was born on 4 July 1908.
He married Freda Winifred Davey in 1935.
His daughter, Patricia Joan, was a winner of the Australian Dancing Championship many times and also represented Australia overseas, with her husband, Ron Shelton.[3]
Football
South Bendigo (BFL)
Murray played for South Bendigo in the Bendigo Football League in 1927 and 1928.[4] In 1927, his first senior season, he was chosen on the half-forward flank in the combined BFL side defeated a VFL team, in Bendigo, on 13 August 1927.[5]
Melbourne (VFL)
Murray was cleared to Melbourne in 1929,[6] and gave the club solid service in six seasons. Murray, a left footer, missed just one game in his first two years with the club but was in and out of the side after that.[7] A half back flanker, he represented the VFL against South Australia in 1933.[8]
Preston (VFA)
Cleared from Melbourne to Preston in 1934,[9] he won their best player award in 1937.[10] He retired from the game that season,[11][12] but returned in 1938 when appointed captain-coach for the year.[13]
Police force
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Football was not a professional sport in the 1930s; and Murray had an extended career in the Victorian Police Force.[11]
In 1944 he was stabbed while attempting to assist a young woman in distress in the Snowden Gardens, across Princes Bridge (the site of Hamer Hall, Melbourne today).[15]
Death
No longer in the Police Force, he died (most likely of alcoholic poisoning) in a shabby rooming house in Fitzroy, Victoria on 21 December 1947.[16][17]
References
- ^ Deaths: Murray, The Age, (Thursday, 30 July 1936), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Murray, The Argus, (Tuesday, 30 July 1940), p.4.
- ^ "Country interest in engagement". The Argus. 26 December 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ South Bendigo Club, The Age, (Monday, 5 November 1928), p.4; South Bendigo Club, The Age, (Friday, 18 January 1929), p.8.
- ^ Bendigo's Strong Eighteen, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 6 August 1927), p.76; One Point Victory: League Defeated at Bendigo, The Argus, (Monday, 15 August 1927), p.6.
- ^ Bendigo League, The Age, (Friday, 12 April 1929), p.6.
- ^ "Wyn Murray". AFL Tables.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
- ^ League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 5 July 1934), p.14.
- ^ "Preston trophies". The Argus. 8 September 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Wyn Murray to retire". The Argus. 7 September 1937. p. 14. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "Murray Best and Fairest". The Argus. 14 August 1937. p. 26. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "League games for 1938". The Argus. 27 January 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ Stabbed by Allied Soldier, The (Brisbane) Telegraph, (Saturday, 26 February 1944), p.2.
- ^ Detectives Seeking Gardens Stabber, The Herald, (Saturday, 26 February 1944), p.3.
- ^ Dead Man was Former Detective, The Argus, (Tuesday, 23 December 1947), p.3; Sport Idol dies in Slum House, The (Sydney) Truth, (Sunday, 28 December 1947), p.28; Ex-Detective Found Dead, The (Perth) Daily News, (Tuesday, 23 December 1947), p.12.
- ^ Deaths: Murray, The Age, (Wednesday, 24 December 1947), p.7.
External links
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- Wyn Murray's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Wyn Murray at AustralianFootball.com
- Wyn Murray: Boyles Football Photos.
- Wyn Murray: Demonwiki.