Francis Murphy (6 December 1915 – 12 February 1984) was a Scottish
footballer
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, who played primarily for
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
at club level.
[ Record of pre-war Scottish League Players John Litster / Scottish Football Historian magazine, October 2012]
He represented
Scotland
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once, in a 3–1 victory against
Netherlands
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in May 1938, and also played for the
Scottish Football League XI
The Scottish League XI was a representative side of the Scottish Football League. The team regularly played against the (English) Football League and other national league select teams between 1892 and 1980. For a long period the annual fixture be ...
once in 1936,
scoring on both occasions.
References
1915 births
1984 deaths
Scottish footballers
Men's association football wingers
Celtic F.C. players
Limerick F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Scotland men's international footballers
Scottish Football League representative players
Maryhill Harp F.C. players
St Roch's F.C. players
Albion Rovers F.C. wartime guest players
Tranmere Rovers F.C. wartime guest players
Aldershot F.C. wartime guest players
Royal Air Force personnel of World War II
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Scotland men's junior international footballers
Footballers from North Lanarkshire
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