Jack Murphy | |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1932 |
Birth Place: | Barberton, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Toledo, Ohio, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | early 1950s |
Player Team2: | Heidelberg (OH) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1959 |
Coach Team2: | Heidelberg (OH) (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1960–1969 |
Coach Team3: | Toledo (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1970 |
Coach Team4: | Heidelberg (OH) |
Coach Years5: | 1971–1976 |
Coach Team5: | Toledo |
Coach Sport6: | Baseball |
Coach Years7: | 1959 |
Coach Team7: | Heidelberg (OH) |
Overall Record: | 38–38 (football) 5–11 (baseball) |
Bowl Record: | 1–0 |
Championships: | Football 1 MAC (1971) |
Awards: | Football MAC Coach of the Year (1971) |
John A. Murphy (August 6, 1932 – January 9, 2021) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Heidelberg University in Tiffin, Ohio in 1970 and at the University of Toledo from 1971 to 1976, compiling a career college football record of 38–38. Murphy died on January 9, 2021, at the age of 88.[1]