Mick Murphy (rugby league)
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Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Michael Murphy | |||||
Nickname | Mick | |||||
Born | Liverpool |
30 September 1941 |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||
Weight | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | |||||
Rugby union | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1963–63 | Waterloo R.F.C. | |||||
Rugby league | ||||||
Position | Prop | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1963–69 | Leigh | |||||
1969–72 | Barrow | |||||
1972–75 | St. Helens | 90+8 | 4 | 12 | ||
1975–77 | Bradford Northern | |||||
1977 | Wagga Wagga (Australia) | |||||
1977–78 | Tonneins XIII (France) | |||||
1978–79 | St. Jacques XIII (France) | |||||
Total | 98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
Lancashire | 2 | |||||
1975–79 | Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Michael "Mick" Murphy ( Liverpool, is a former Physical education teacher, Television Actor, and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Waterloo R.F.C., and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and Lancashire, and at club level for Leigh, Barrow, St. Helens, Bradford Northern, Wagga Wagga (New South Wales, Australia), Tonneins XIII (France), and St. Jacques XIII (France) as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1] Mick Murphy taught at Howard Street College, Barrow-in-Furness.
30 September 1941 ) born inContents
Playing career
International honours
Mick Murphy won caps for Wales (RL) while at Bradford Northern in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against France, New Zealand, and France, in 1977 against France, and while at St. Jacques XIII, France in 1979 against France.[2]
County honours
Mick Murphy won caps for Lancashire (RL) while at Barrow.
County Cup final appearances
Mick Murphy played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in Leigh's 4-15 defeat by St. Helens in the 1963 Lancashire Cup final during the 1963–64 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 26 October 1963.
BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final appearances
Mick Murphy played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Leigh's 5-8 defeat by Castleford in the 1967 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy final during the 1967–68 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 16 January 1968.
Club career
Mick Murphy made his début for St. Helens in the 2–13 defeat by Widnes at Naughton Park on Wednesday 13 September 1972.
References
External links
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Back on the Wembley trail
- Photograph "Northern prepare to pack down" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Stan looks to offload" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "A Roy Francis half time talk" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Northern Pack '76" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Mick Murphy At His Best" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Photograph "Francis Jarvis celebrates" at rugbyleagueheritageproject.com
- Profile at saints.org.uk
- Mighty Mick Murphy – A Barrow and St Helens powerhouse
- Dual-code man Murphy handed key RU mission
- Mick Murphy at imdb.com
- EngvarB from August 2013
- Use dmy dates from August 2013
- Infobox rugby league biography templates updated
- 1941 births
- Barrow Raiders players
- Bradford Bulls players
- English rugby league players
- English rugby union players
- Lancashire rugby league team players
- Leigh Centurions players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
- Rugby league props
- St Helens RLFC players
- St. Jacques XIII players
- Tonneins XIII players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Waterloo R.F.C. players
- People educated at St Mary's College, Crosby