James Murray (4 February 1933 – 10 July 2015) was a Scottish
footballer. He played as an
inside right for
Heart of Midlothian and
Scotland
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in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Murray made his first Scotland appearance in a 4–0 defeat to
England
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at
Hampden on 19 April 1958. He scored Scotland's first-ever goal in a World Cup finals match, in a 1–1 draw against
Yugoslavia
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in
1958.
He is also to this day the only Heart of Midlothian player to score a goal in the World Cup finals.
He won a total of five
caps for Scotland. He also played for
Reading,
Falkirk
Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow.
Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...
,
Clyde and
Raith Rovers.
References
External links
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London Hearts profile
1933 births
1958 FIFA World Cup players
2015 deaths
Men's association football inside forwards
Clyde F.C. players
Falkirk F.C. players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Newtongrange Star F.C. players
Raith Rovers F.C. players
Reading F.C. players
Scotland men's international footballers
Scottish Football League players
Scottish men's footballers
Scottish Junior Football Association players
Footballers from Edinburgh
English Football League players
Falkirk F.C. non-playing staff
Scottish league football top scorers
Scottish Football League representative players
20th-century Scottish sportsmen
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