Max Murray | |
Fullname: | Maxwell Murray |
Birth Date: | 1935 11, df=y |
Birth Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
Death Place: | Falkirk, Scotland |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1952–1953 |
Years2: | 1953–1955 |
Caps2: | 49 |
Goals2: | 24 |
Years3: | 1955–1962 |
Caps3: | 103 |
Goals3: | 80 |
Years4: | 1962–1963 |
Caps4: | 3 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 1963–1965 |
Caps5: | 61 |
Goals5: | 17 |
Years6: | 1965–1966 |
Caps6: | 6 |
Goals6: | 2 |
Years7: | 1966–1968 |
Clubs7: | Distillery |
Nationalyears1: | 1953–1955 |
Nationalteam1: | Scotland Amateurs |
Nationalcaps1: | 5 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Nationalyears2: | 1956–1957 |
Nationalteam2: | Scotland U23 |
Nationalcaps2: | 2 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
Max Murray (7 November 1935 – 5 September 2016) was a Scottish footballer.
Murray began his career at Queen's Park, before moving to Ibrox in 1955.[1] His scoring debut came on 13 August 1955 in a Scottish League Cup match against Falkirk which the club won 5–0. He had a very successful spell at Rangers, winning two Scottish league championships and finishing top scorer three times in a row. He amassed 121 goals in just 154 games and on 24 October 1956 he scored Rangers' first ever goal in European competition, an equaliser in a European Cup first round match against OGC Nice at Ibrox, a match Rangers won 2–1.[2]
He left Rangers in 1962 for West Bromwich Albion, but he only lasted a season in English football before he moved back to Scotland.
On 5 September 2016, Rangers announced that Murray had died aged 80.[3]