| David Murphy | |
| Fullname: | David Anthony Murphy |
| Birth Date: | 19 July 1917 |
| Birth Place: | South Bank, England |
| Death Place: | Fascist Italy |
| Position: | Left-half |
| Clubs1: | South Bank St. Peters |
| Years2: | 1937–1939 |
| Clubs2: | Middlesbrough |
| Caps2: | 15 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1939–1940 |
| Clubs3: | Blackburn Rovers |
David Anthony Murphy (19 July 1917 – 19 September 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half in the Football League for Middlesbrough.
Murphy served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed on 19 September 1944 during the advance from Ancona to Rimini in the Italian campaign.[1] He is buried at the Gradara War Cemetery.
| Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Middlesbrough | 1937–38[2] | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1938–39 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||