Murphy is a town in the

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, Argentina. It is named after an

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, John James Murphy, from Haysland, near

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, close to

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. Born in 1822 into a Catholic family, Murphy was an unmarried son of middle-class tenant farmers, who decided to emigrate to better his prospects. He sailed to

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then headed to the

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to find farm work. Murphy initially found employment digging boundary ditches to separate neighbouring sheep farms, became a tenant sheep farmer, then acquired land of his own in the Salto area. He expanded his holdings and later acquired huge tracts of land in the vicinity of

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and later in

. By the time of his death in 1909 he was hugely wealthy. In 1911, the expansion of the railway system led to the compulsory purchase of land near

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, held by Murphy's heirs. Estación Murphy was established, and the town that grew up around the station was named Murphy in 1966.

Sports clubs

* Club Centro Recreativo Unión y Cultura * Club Agrario Los Leones * Social y Deportivo Murphy Football Club

Notable people

Paulo Gazzaniga Paulo Dino Gazzaniga Farías (born 2 January 1992) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Girona. Early life Gazzaniga was born in Murphy, Santa Fe, the same small town in Argentina where his future ...

- goalkeeper for

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Mauricio Pochettino Mauricio Roberto Pochettino Trossero (born 2 March 1972), also known mononymously by his nickname Poch, is an Argentine professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the United States men's national team. Pochettin ...

- former football manager and current head coach of the

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References

External links

Municipal website
Populated places in Santa Fe Province Populated places established in 1911 {{SantaFeAR-geo-stub