David_Murphy_(footballer,_born_1917)

David Murphy (footballer, born 1917)

David Murphy (footballer, born 1917)

English footballer

David Anthony Murphy (19 July 1917 – 19 September 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a left-half in the Football League for Middlesbrough.[1]

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Personal life

Murphy served as a gunner in the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and was killed on 19 September 1944 during the advance from Ancona to Rimini in the Italian campaign.[2][3] He is buried at the Gradara War Cemetery.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    David Murphy at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    "Casualty Details: David Anthony Murphy". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Boro Remember Fallen Heroes". Middlesbrough Football Club. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    "David Murphy". 11v11. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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