John Livingstone Murdoch (6 February 1901 – September 1964) was a Scottish
footballer
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who played as an
outside right
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.
Career
Born in
New Stevenston
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, Murdoch played club football for
Airdrieonians
Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...
,
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...
,
Dundee
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and
Dunfermline Athletic
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. He won the
Scottish league championship
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with Motherwell in
1931–32, also being involved in four other top-three finishes and playing in two
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[1931
Events
January
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* January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa.
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and
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
) with the ''Steelmen''; earlier he also had a role, though less prominent, in Airdrie's four consecutive runners-up positions, though was not involved in their Scottish Cup win in
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hol ...
.
Murdoch made one appearance for
Scotland
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in 1931 against
Ireland
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.
(Scotland player) John Murdoch
London Hearts Supporters Club
References
1901 births
1964 deaths
Scottish men's footballers
Scotland men's international footballers
Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players
Motherwell F.C. players
Dundee F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Scottish Football League players
Men's association football outside forwards
Footballers from North Lanarkshire
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C. players
Stewarts & Lloyds Corby A.F.C. players
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