Alex Murphy (rugby league)

For other people named Alex Murphy, see Alex Murphy (disambiguation).

Alex Murphy
Personal information
Full nameAlexander James Murphy
Born (1939-04-22) 22 April 1939 (age 85)
St Helens
Playing information
PositionHalfback, Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1956–65 St Helens 320 175 42 0 609
1966–71 Leigh 113+5 33 96 291
1971–75 Warrington 66+1 9 12 28 107
Total 505 217 150 28 1007
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–71 Great Britain 27 16 0 0 48
1969 England 2 1 1 0 5
1958–70 Lancashire 14 12 2 0 40
1958 GB tour 1958 16 18 3 0 60
1962 GB tour 1962 8 7 0 0 21
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1966–71 Leigh 205 130 13 62 63
1971–78 Warrington 308 176 14 118 57
1978–80 Salford 93 44 5 44 47
1980–82 Leigh 63 44 3 16 70
1982–84 Wigan 82 49 4 29 60
1985 Leigh 22 12 2 8 55
1985–90 St Helens 167 107 5 55 64
1990–91 Leigh 39 22 1 16 56
1991–94 Huddersfield 96 61 0 35 64
2003 Leigh Centurions 0 0 0 0
Total 1075 645 47 383 60
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1975 England 11 7 2 2 64
1973–78 Lancashire 12 9 0 3 75
1985–88 Lancashire 3 0 0 3 0

Alexander James Murphy OBE (born 22 April 1939) is an English former professional rugby league footballer, and coach of the mid to late 20th century. Known as 'Murphy the Mouth' (or "Yapper" by some referees) and regarded as one of the greatest halfbacks in the history of the British game,[6][7] he represented Great Britain in 27 Tests[8] and his club career was played at three clubs, St. Helens, Leigh and Warrington.[1] Murphy assumed a player-coach role of the last two clubs and expanded his coaching role toward the end of his playing career to include clubs such as Wigan, Salford and Huddersfield. He later returned to both Warrington and Leigh respectively as a football manager.[9] He was the first player to captain three different clubs to victory in the Challenge Cup Final .[10]

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Rothmans RL Yearbok
  5. ^ RL Record Keeper's Club
  6. ^ "RL legend Murphy must rest up after heart scare". The Huddersfield Daily Examiner. UK: Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales Limited. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  7. ^ Ray French (5 September 2003). "'The Mouth' returns". BBC Sport. UK: BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference saints.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference cupheroes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).