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. He played professionally in the National Soccer League of Chicago and the North American Soccer League and earned seventeen

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, scoring five goals, with the U.S. national team from 1955 to 1969.

Professional career

Murphy spent most of his career as an amateur with National Soccer League of Chicago clubs, including Maroon and Slovak. He led the Slovaks to the 1953 National Amateur Cup championship. He also spent a single season as a professional in 1968 with the Chicago Mustangs of the North American Soccer League (NASL). However, his greatest achievements came as a member of various U.S. national teams. In 1956, he was a member of the U.S. team which lost to Yugoslavia 9–1 at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1959, he saw greater success when the U.S. took the bronze medal at the Pan American Games which was played in his hometown of

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. In those games, Murphy scored eight goals, including a hat trick in the U.S. victory over Brazil and another two goals in the U.S. defeat of Mexico in the bronze medal game. He was also part of the team which failed to qualify for the

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. None of these statistics count towards Murphy's national team statistics as they were considered less than full international matches.

National team

Murphy earned his third

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with the U.S. national team in a May 28, 1959 loss (8-1) to

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. Murphy scored the lone U.S. goal. Murphy went on to start in both U.S. games in 1960, then came on as a sub in the one U.S. game of 1961, a loss to Colombia in Bogotá. The U.S. had no games in 1962 and Murphy did not play with the U.S. in its only game of 1963. He rejoined the U.S. for the 10-0 shellacking at the hand of

in 1964. In 1965, the U.S. began qualifications for the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Murphy played in all four games as the U.S. failed to qualify with a 1-1-2 record. However, Murphy scored a goal in the U.S. 1–0 victory and 1–1 tie with Honduras. He then saw time in about half of the U.S. games in 1968 and closed out his national team career as a starter in both U.S. games of 1969 as the U.S. lost two games to Haiti in the first round of qualification for the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1998 and the

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Hall of Fame in 2009. He died on December 5, 2005.

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Hall of Fame bio

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Ed 1930 births 2005 deaths American men's soccer players Men's association football forwards Chicago Maroons soccer players Chicago Mustangs (1967–68) players Chicago Vikings players Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1959 Pan American Games Footballers from Renfrewshire National Soccer Hall of Fame members National Soccer League (Chicago) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Olympic soccer players for the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in football Scottish emigrants to the United States Scottish men's footballers United States men's international soccer players Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games

Professional career

National team

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