Joe Murray (footballer)

Joe Murray
Personal information
Full name	Joseph Murray
Date of birth	1914
Place of birth	Uddingston, Scotland
Date of death	31 October 1990 (age 76)
Place of death	Uddingston, Scotland
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Left half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Overton Athletic
1933–1936	Hamilton Academical
1936	Ayr United
1936–1938	Brentford
1938–1939	Partick Thistle
1939–1940	Stenhousemuir
1940–1941	Burnbank Athletic
1943–1946	Blantyre Celtic
1946–1947	Thorniewood United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Murray (1914 – 31 October 1990), sometimes known as Joker Murray, was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half in the Scottish League for Hamilton Academical and Partick Thistle.^[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamilton Academical	1933–34^[4]	Scottish First Division	23	0	2	0	2^[a]	0	27	0
	1934–35^[5]		12	0	7	0	0	0	19	0
	1935–36^[6]		11	1	1	0	1^[a]	0	13	1
	Total		46	1	10	0	3	0	59	1
Brentford	1936–37^[7]	First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Partick Thistle	1938–39^[8]	Scottish First Division	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Career total			48	1	10	0	3	0	61	1

^ ^a ^b Appearances in Lanarkshire Cup

Honours

Mid-Annandale

Southern Counties Charity Cup: 1932–33^[9]

Hamilton Academical 'A'

Scottish 2nd XI Cup: 1933–34^[9]^[10]

Ayr United

Ayrshire Cup: 1935–36^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 113. ISBN 978-0955294914.
^ ^a ^b "Club History". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
^ "Joe Murray". The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "1933–34". spreadsheets.google.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^ "1934–35". docs.google.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^ "1935–36". docs.google.com. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 374. ISBN 0951526200.
^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Murray, Joe (1933)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
^ "Scottish 2nd Eleven Cup". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Retrieved 14 January 2017.

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