Tim Murphy (Australian footballer)

Timothy John Murphy (22 July 1878 – 1 January 1902) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Tim Murphy
Personal information
Full name Timothy John Murphy
Date of birth (1878-07-22)22 July 1878
Place of birth South Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 1 January 1902(1902-01-01) (aged 23)
Place of death Mildura, Victoria
Original team(s) St Ignatius
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901 St Kilda 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

He was appointed as a police constable in April 1901[2] and played one game for St Kilda before being posted to Mildura. Later that year he contracted typhoid fever and he died in Mildura on New Year's Day in 1902.[3]

References
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 644. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "Appointments as Constables". Victoria Police Gazette. 17 April 1901. p. 143.
  3. "Family Notices". The Age (14, 610). Victoria, Australia. 3 January 1902. p. 1.
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