Steve Murray (footballer)
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 9 October 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Dumbarton, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
St Patrick's Dumbarton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963–1969 | Dundee | 179 | (18) |
1969–1973 | Aberdeen | 101 | (20) |
1973–1976 | Celtic | 62 | (11) |
1979–1980 | Dundee United | 3 | (0) |
Total | 345 | (49) | |
International career | |||
1971 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1980 | Forfar Athletic | ||
1982 | Montrose | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steve Murray (born 9 October 1944 in Dumbarton) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career in the north-east of Scotland, with Dundee and Aberdeen. Murray also enjoyed success with Glasgow club Celtic and represented Scotland once. He later managed Forfar Athletic and Montrose.
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Career
Murray began his career in the early 1960s with Dundee, spending six years at Dens Park and picking up runners-up medals in both domestic competitions, making around 200 appearances in total. In 1970, Murray became Aberdeen's record signing in a £50,000 deal, missing the 1970 Scottish Cup win due to being cup-tied but winning a solitary Scotland cap in 1971, ironically at Pittodrie. Following Martin Buchan's departure to Manchester United, Murray became captain but moved to Celtic in a £55,000 deal in May 1973 after a contractual disagreement.[1]
Murray won all three domestic competitions during his two years at Celtic Park, retiring due to a toe injury in early 1976. After retiring, Murray joined Dundee United in 1979 as a scout but after having acupuncture treatment was able to resume his playing career and made three league appearances, also appearing as a substitute in the Scottish League Cup Final that year.
In 1980, Murray began his managerial career with Forfar Athletic, but resigned one training session and three days later.[2] Murray returned to management two years later with Montrose but left to pursue a career in banking before returning to former club Dundee United as assistant manager in July 1989. After a fall-out with then manager Jim McLean, who Murray had played alongside in the 1968 League Cup Final, Murray left before the end of the year, later winning a "substantial sum" in a court action.[3]
Murray, whose son Chris was a youth player at Dundee United, Celtic and had coaching spells with Dundee and Brechin City,[4] has now retired from banking and now concentrates on his painting.[5]
Honours
- Dundee
- Scottish Cup Runner-up: 1
- Scottish League Cup Runner-up: 1
- Celtic
- Scottish Cup: 2
- Dundee United
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External links
- EngvarB from July 2013
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
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- 1944 births
- People from Dumbarton
- Living people
- Scottish footballers
- Scotland international footballers
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish football managers
- Dundee F.C. players
- Aberdeen F.C. players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Dundee United F.C. players
- Forfar Athletic F.C. managers
- Montrose F.C. managers
- Dundee United F.C. non-playing staff
- Association football midfielders
- Scotland under-23 international footballers
- Scottish Football League managers