Johnny Murray (25 February 1898 – 12 November 1954) was an Irish

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player during the 1920s. Murray was a skilful winger who played for Ormeau, Blue Crusaders,

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and

Drumcondra F.C. Drumcondra Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Drumcondra, Dublin. Once one of the most successful clubs in Ireland in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, with a strong rivalry with Shamrock Rovers since the 1920s, they fell ...

He joined Bohs in 1921 and stayed at

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until 1926 when he joined Drumcondra. He made 63 league appearances and scored 11 goals while with Bohs. Johnny was part of their first ever league winning side alongside the likes of Stephen McCarthy in 1923/24 and played for Ireland in the Paris Olympic Games of 1924.

Honours

League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising association football in the Republic of Ireland. The term was originally us ...

: 1 ** Bohemians – 1923/24 *

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: 1 ** Drumcondra F.C. – 1926/27 *Represented Ireland in the 1924 Olympic Games *Won League of Ireland Representative Caps

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Murray at 1924 Olympic Games
1898 births 1954 deaths Irish association footballers (before 1923) Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Bohemian F.C. players League of Ireland players Irish Free State men's association footballers Olympic association footballers for Ireland Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics League of Ireland XI players Drumcondra F.C. players Men's association football forwards Association footballers from Dublin (city) {{Ireland-footy-bio-stub