Eric Murray | |
Fullname: | Eric McIntyre Murray |
Birth Date: | 1941 12, df=y |
Birth Place: | Symington, Scotland |
Death Place: | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
Position: | Right half |
Youthyears1: | –1960 |
Youthclubs1: | Saxone Amateurs |
Years1: | 1960–1968 |
Clubs1: | Kilmarnock |
Caps1: | 145 |
Goals1: | 26 |
Years2: | 1960–1961 |
Clubs2: | → Dreghorn Juniors (loan) |
Years3: | 1968–1971 |
Clubs3: | St Mirren |
Caps3: | 40 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Clubs4: | Cumnock Juniors |
Totalcaps: | 185 |
Totalgoals: | 26 |
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]