| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Murray[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 10 July 2015 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Merchiston Thistle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1953 | Heart of Midlothian | 1 | (1) |
| 1953–1954 | Reading | 7 | (3) |
| 1954–1961 | Heart of Midlothian | 114 | (62) |
| 1961–1962 | Falkirk | 14 | (4) |
| 1962–1964 | Clyde | 32 | (1) |
| 1964–1965 | Raith Rovers | 14 | (4) |
| Total | 182 | (75) | |
| International career | |||
| 1958[2] | SFL trial v SFA | 1 | (0) |
| 1958 | Scotland | 5 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Murray (4 February 1933 – 10 July 2015) was a Scottish footballer. He played as an inside right for Heart of Midlothian and Scotland in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Murray made his first Scotland appearance in a 4–0 defeat to England at Hampden on 19 April 1958. He scored Scotland's first-ever goal in a World Cup finals match, in a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in 1958.[3] He is also to this day the only Heart of Midlothian player to score a goal in the World Cup finals.
He won a total of five caps for Scotland. He also played for Reading, Falkirk, Clyde and Raith Rovers.