Derek Murray (born 25 March 1980) is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...

in the

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(AFL). Murray was a highly successful junior, playing with the

Murray Bushrangers The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition, presently known as the NAB League, since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains on Norm Minns Oval. The team is coached by Mark ...

in the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...

in 1997 and 1998. He won a

Morrish Medal The Morrish Medal is an Australian rules football award. Formerly awarded to the best and fairest player in the VFL Under-19 competition (known as the Thirds prior to 1959), since 1992 the award has been given to the best player in the Victori ...

is the first of those years and in 1998 he took home the Hunter Harrison Medal due to his carnival performance with the

NSW/ACT Rams The NSW/ACT Rams is an under 18 Australian rules football representative club in the TAC Cup. The team, under the guidance of AFL NSW/ACT represented New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory and had the moniker of the Ram, partly der ...

. Selected by Port Adelaide in the 1998 AFL draft, Murray was used as a winger, rover and small forward. He made 11 appearances in 2000, his best return, but did not do enough to cement his spot in the team for 2001. However, late in the

2001 AFL season The 2001 AFL season was the 105th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured six ...

, Murray made a return to the side and after six home and away matches was picked in a qualifying final. Murray played the first two rounds in 2002 but did not make any further appearances and was delisted at the end of the year. An

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, he is the brother of former St Kilda player

Allan Murray Allan Murray (born 20 May 1982) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with both Port Adelaide and St Kilda in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 35 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Derek 1980 births Australian rules footballers from New South Wales Port Adelaide Football Club players Port Adelaide Football Club players (all competitions) South Adelaide Football Club players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football Living people Murray Bushrangers players Lavington Football Club players