John Winning Murray (24 April 1865 – 16 September 1922) was a Scottish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played in

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

for

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. Th ...

and

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...

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;Sources * * 1865 births 1922 deaths Scottish men's footballers English Football League players Sunderland A.F.C. players Blackburn Rovers F.C. players Scotland men's international footballers Vale of Leven F.C. players Men's association football fullbacks Footballers from Stirling (council area) Place of death missing 19th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1860s-stub