George Murray | |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1942 |
Birth Place: | Bellshill, Scotland |
Position: | Wing half |
Youthclubs1: | Kilmarnock Amateurs |
Years1: | 1962–1968 |
Clubs1: | Motherwell |
Caps1: | 127 |
Goals1: | 16 |
Years2: | 1968–1973 |
Clubs2: | Aberdeen |
Caps2: | 89 |
Goals2: | 11 |
Totalcaps: | 216 |
Totalgoals: | 27 |
Nationalyears1: | 1964–1965 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland U23[1] |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nationalyears2: | 1965 |
Nationalteam2: | Scottish League XI[2] |
Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1975 |
Managerclubs1: | Aberdeen (caretaker) |
Manageryears2: | 1981–1983 |
Managerclubs2: | Canberra Arrows |
George Murray (born 16 May 1942) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a wing half.
Born in Bellshill, Murray played for Kilmarnock Amateurs, Motherwell[3] and Aberdeen.[4]
Murray was caretaker manager of Aberdeen for four matches in 1975.[5]
Between 1981 and 1983 Murray was head coach of Canberra Arrows in the Australian National Soccer League.[6] [7]
His younger brother Cammy was also a footballer, mainly for St Mirren.[3] [8]
Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Aberdeen | 1967–68 | Scottish Division One | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
1968–69 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
1969–70 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |||
1970–71 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||
1971–72 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
1972–73 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
Total | 89 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 127 | 4 |